Trump and the implosion of a candidate
If, as now appears very likely, the Trump candidacy implodes, some very serious questions arise. How did a monstrous, egotistical buffoon with psychopathic tendencies ever get so close to assuming the presidency of the most powerful nation on earth? Can it happen again? How can we stop it from happening again? The blame for this […]
A European army and the silliness of federalist rhetoric
Have you noticed that whenever federalists in Europe are feeling a little down and weary, they reach for the soother and the comfort blanket, snuggle up and drift off in a fantasy dream? Instead of accepting the EU for what it is and instead of taking pride in it for what the EU is, they […]
Mad, bad and dangerous. Trump and the connotations of language
Language in politics has consequences and its meaning is always in the ear of the audience.
Citizens’ Assembly is a phony piece of window dressing
The Citizens’ Assembly which the Government has decided to convene is, in my view, a somewhat ridiculous idea. That is why I spoke and voted against it in the Seanad. The media have, in general, left the public largely in the dark about its purpose and its composition. Anyone that I have spoken to believes […]
Islamic extremism is incompatible with our liberal society
The cruel murder by ISIS adherents of a defenceless, elderly Catholic priest celebrating Mass in a small Normandy church is by no means the first of its kind. Jihadists waging “holy war” have been doing similar cowardly acts to Christian clergy and lay-people here and there across the Maghreb, the Middle East and in Saharan […]
No sudden post-Brexit clamour for unification in the North
As someone who is by conviction a republican and aspires to live in a united Ireland, I have to say that I have found the sudden outbreak of “unification” chatter in the aftermath of Brexit a bit far-fetched and, alas, counter-productive. There is absolutely nothing apart from the grossest wishful thinking to suggest that the […]