The Soul of the World and the Elephant in the Room

The Soul of the World and the Elephant in the Room

This article originally appeared in Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’ magazine for June 2015   The Soul of the World and the Elephant in the Room   Right.  Deep breath.  This is the difficult first article which follows the one where I came out of the closet. Perhaps...

Straight Man in Need of Counseling

Are you sure you’re sitting down?  Because I’m about to tell you something that will shock you.  Ready? I spent most of today in the company of a gay man – an openly gay man.  And I’ve known that he was gay since…well, since I met him several years ago.  Today we...

John Pilger and a Tale of Privatised Water

Ever since the late seventies or early eighties, when John Pilger’s reports from the Killing Fields of Cambodia led me to some kind of political awakening, I have always tried to keep up with what this great, courageous and Award-winning Australian journalist was...
The Sinister Silencing of the Irish Media

The Sinister Silencing of the Irish Media

The Sinister Silencing of the Irish Media   Come to think of it, looking at the jib on him, he reminds me of a bully from my schooldays:  big, chunky and nothing much to look at, but good at blustering through a situation and with a firm conviction that no one he...