by charley | Nov 28, 2015 | Current Affairs
Written on the 16th of November, this is the December 2015 piece for Chicago’s ‘Irish American News.’ It is, of course, too soon to attempt any kind of serious, objective article on the Paris outrage; but on the 16th of November, as I write this, I’m already over...
by charley | Nov 11, 2015 | Current Affairs
“If We Should Weep When Clowns Put on Their Show…” This article appears in Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’ for November 2015. If I Could Tell You Time will say nothing but I told you so Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you...
by charley | Oct 18, 2015 | Current Affairs
Liar, Bullshitter or Mentally Ill…We Need to Know! Good Lord, could this appalling waste of oxygen possibly get more creepily condescending than this? At a Fine Gael Presidential dinner last night (the thought of which alone makes me want to throw up), Enda Kenny –...
by charley | Oct 4, 2015 | Current Affairs
This article is from Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’, October issue. Well, I might as well just jump in and get started because there’s no way to write this column without getting the usual abuse thrown my way: RACIST. That’s always a good one. If someone has...
by charley | Aug 31, 2015 | Current Affairs
Ireland: The Frog in the Pan of Cold Water Written for Chicago’s Irish American News, September 2015 “I do believe in Justice; I believe in a man’s word. And we must have some form of Law. So when it’s broken, I have a tendency to stand up and fight.”...
by charley | Aug 5, 2015 | Current Affairs
Dead Animals as Fashion Accessories It’s probably not the right thing to say at the moment – and God knows it’s not the most popular – but this past week I’ve watched with a mixture of amusement and bafflement as the entire globe appeared to go completely bananas...
