Opinion

It's hard to figure out whether or not Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry wants to get rid of Social Security or not. In his book, the th...

As sensible parents well know, it isn't a good idea to give the kids everything they want, especially if they are whining and being petulant. Same ...

[caption id="attachment_66941" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="John Bowers."][/caption] With American workers under attack today, our chal...

[caption id="attachment_66938" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Douglas Hyde."][/caption] On October 27 there will be an election in Irelan...

The Irish presidential election field is growing by the day and now numbers enough candidates and would-be candidates to fill out a rugby scrum. Th...

[caption id="attachment_66927" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The James Connolly statue in Dublin."][/caption] The year 1981 was a time o...

My students were from South America, China, Africa and Eastern Europe. English was a second language for them. On that terrible Tuesday, Sept. 11, ...

History nerds like myself spend a lot of time combing through boring letters and government documents. It may not be everybody's idea of entertainm...

The tenth anniversary of September 11 was duly marked with solemnity and grace, an amazing grace, one that did honor to all who perished that day a...

President Obama finally took aim at the heart of the economic malaise last week when he addressed a joint session of Congress on the matter of jobs...

By Peter McDermott On Aug. 2, 1980, a bomb exploded in the air-conditioned waiting area at Bologna's Central Station. Eighty-five people were kille...

[caption id="attachment_66542" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Saul Alinsky, left, with Nicholas von Hoffman."][/caption] By Peter McDermo...