Roaring Backslappers & Raging Bull Talkers

Roaring Backslappers & Raging Bull Talkers                                              Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’, February 2018   “I’m not on speaking terms with half of the people here because I tell them what they don’t want to hear while they stand...

Christmas Greetings from Bono, Bob & the Banks

Christmas Greetings from Bono, Bob & the Banks     Although written in mid-November, this is from the December 2017 issue of Chicago’s ‘Irish American News.’     They’re worse than ever they were, the bankers; worse than ever.  More arrogant; more...
The Anti-Irish Sentiments of H. P. Lovecraft

The Anti-Irish Sentiments of H. P. Lovecraft

‘Criminals and Mongrel Wretches’: The Anti-Irish Sentiments of H. P. Lovecraft   From the Chicago ‘Irish American News’, November 2017     Well now, I’m not the better for that!  In fact, I’m almost sorry that I came across this correspondence from 1918/20. You...

Shearing the Sheep and the Blood Sacrifice

Shearing the Sheep and the Blood Sacrifice   Chicago’s Irish American News, October 2017   It’s probably just another sad example of my irredeemably perverse sense of humour, but one of the most amusing images I’ve come across recently is in a comic book where a panel...