I had a discussion with a Jewish friend recently about the continuing tendency among many people to hold on to old ethnic and racial stereotypes. H...

Eamon Ryan, the impressive Irish Minister for the Environment, recently bemoaned some of the political and social media commentary about the countr...

The United States can be proud of its record in promoting political rights - free speech and adherence to the rule of law, which mandates treating ...

“You talk to me of nationality, language, religion,” Stephen Dedalus declared in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. “I shall try to fly by thos...

The world is galvanized by the awful daily reports from Ukraine and Gaza, with the future direction of both conflicts very unsure. As American supp...

The Vatican still names all of its important proclamations in Latin. Rather surprising, I suppose, considering that the now-esoteric language is st...

ARINS, Analyzing and Researching Ireland North and South, is the rather unwieldy title for an important joint project of the Royal Irish Academy an...

James Baldwin, the great writer and civil rights leader, reflecting on the origin of most wars wrote, "People are trapped in history and history is...

Senator Mitt Romney, in announcing recently his retirement from the Senate, suggested that the two current likely major-party nominees for the pres...

"Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, "Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high" From “Legion of the Rearguard” – a Republican Civil...

Thinking machines are being constructed in Silicon Valley by a few teams of men with a scattering of women that could solve many of the problems of...

It is a truism accepted in most cultures that children thrive in a supportive family and in a community where they feel valued and encouraged. The ...