Opinion

There is a classic scene in the movie “A Few Good Men” in which Jack Nicholson’s character, a crusty Marine colonel, goes off the rails and, well, ...

Exactly a year ago the Echo reported on page one about efforts underway by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to aid fellow Hibernians affected by Hur...

In the days and weeks after 9/11, the 17th anniversary of which we are marking this week, dedicated first responders from all over the tri-state ar...

Memo to the huddled masses: Don’t get too cozy! Immigrating to America has never come with a cast iron guarantee that all will be well for the rest...

In the larger sense there are three ways that we deal with danger. We might whistle past the graveyard pretending that there is nothing that we sho...

If it’s late August it means the Fleadh is over and congratulations are in order! Earlier in the month, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann branches from t...

Margaret Thatcher grew up as the daughter of a greengrocer. And just as you can wander through a grocery and pick and choose the items that you lik...

Who would want to be responsible for steering the course of that leaking tub Europe right now? No country in its right mind, some would say. But th...

Funny, but we don't feel our age. The turning of the year has brought the Echo so something of a landmark. This is our 85th year of publication, th...

Milwaukee Irish Fest has announced its 2013 board of directors. Board members re-elected are: Kevin Costello (Milwaukee) and Cathy Baker Ward (Broo...

In its earliest manifestation, Thanksgiving was less of a celebration and more a literal reflection of the very word itself. Those who first gave t...

If all things go as planned, members of the Irish American community will descend on the stricken Rockaways this Saturday as part of the post-Sandy...