by charley | Sep 8, 2014 | Current Affairs
The Scottish Referendum– and Why it’s None of My Business This will be short and sweet because to be quite honest I don’t have a lot to say on it. In fact, I wouldn’t even address the question of the Scottish Referendum on September 18th if some normally sane...
by charley | Sep 3, 2014 | Current Affairs
Rogue States and Irony-free Lectures As we mercifully witness yet another ceasefire taking place in the endless conflict between Israel and Gaza, you have to wonder when we (this collective race of human beings) will ever get sense. What a waste; and yet the...
by charley | Aug 5, 2014 | Current Affairs
Garth Brooks and Cappuccino Catholics Make Me Cry Ok folks, I know that you didn’t want to see the GB name again for a while but this was actually written last month and appears in Chicago’s Irish American News for August. I like that...
by charley | Aug 5, 2014 | Current Affairs
Painter in the Grey Zone: Talking with Jude Sibley This article originally appeared on the Hand in Hand Children’s Cancer Charity Website in July, 2014. Extraordinary, really. We go into things with such pre-conceived notions. With the best will in the...
by charley | Aug 1, 2014 | Current Affairs
Words of Advice from a Liar to a Thief I experienced a moment of vertigo as I felt the earth shift beneath my feet last week. I had the same feeling on December the 8th, in Gerry Smyth’s bar in Limerick ’way back in 1980 when I heard that John Lennon had...
by charley | Jul 21, 2014 | Current Affairs
Dispossessed Lollipops as Pro-Pigeons Senator is Unfair to Seagulls Between my typically shambolic personal life and the global news of recent days, it was a relief to be provided with a laugh from one of our beloved politicians last week. It also made me...
