Opinion
Going nuts over Christmas fruitcake
Our first Christmas after we were married I was introduced to a Christmas fruitcake by my Irish-born wife. Thus began a 38-year tradition which eve...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Having my cake and eating it too
Every nation has its habits, preferences, tastes. I'm pretty Catholic in my tastes having grown up in one country, Ireland, moved to another, Ameri...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
I am George Bailey, and you probably are too
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December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Truth is first casualty in ‘war on Christmas’
[caption id="attachment_68752" align="alignright" width="600" caption="Bill O'Reilly"][/caption] I’ve never really covered a war – unless you count...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A Christmas pause
It was a challenging year on both sides of the Atlantic but as 2011 nears its end there is cause for at least a little optimism on this side, and r...
December 21, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Conference gives new hope for Braeden
I recently attended an international conference at the Vatican on stem cell research. Most of us attending the first "International Conference on A...
December 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Time for E3 visa
When Congress set to changing the nature and practice of U.S. immigration laws back in the mid-1960s, the intention was to diversify the annual inf...
December 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Times columnist is plain wrong on JFK
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December 14, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Quinn has it right on the homeless
[caption id="attachment_68327" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Speaker Quinn."][/caption] Christine Quinn is the Speaker of the City Counc...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
A battered sovereignty
Taoiseach Enda Kenny went on Irish national television on Sunday night last and spoke of an exceptional event, that being an allusion to his govern...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Kenny speaks to nation of 'exceptional event'
This is an edited version of the "state of the nation" speech delivered by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and broadcast to the Irish people on the evening of...
December 07, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Opinion
Important work ahead for the Irish diaspora
[caption id="attachment_68212" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Kevin Cullen asking the questions. "][/caption] "Nice to see you two gentle...
November 30, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff