by charley | Jun 18, 2015 | Current Affairs
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...
by charley | Jun 4, 2015 | Current Affairs
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...
by charley | Jun 1, 2015 | Current Affairs
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...
by charley | May 31, 2015 | Current Affairs
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...
by charley | May 6, 2015 | Current Affairs
The following was written in mid-April and appeared in the Chicago magazine ‘Irish American News’ for May 1. Gwyneth Paltrow and Irish Politicians Have Something in Common You’d never guess we were about to start the election countdown, would you? Not much,...
by charley | Apr 2, 2015 | Current Affairs
Buccaneer of Bullshit Boldly Bounces Back I know that I often find myself puzzled by what goes on around me. It often seems like I’m watching the workings of a parallel universe: one that’s a little bit– but not quite– like ours. Yet even by...
