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A Morning Thought @ 182

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Why The Poppy Could Be Construed As Insulting Those Who Died In WW1

Kevin Morley thinks there are significant differences between the First and Second World Wars that need factored into the poppy discussion.

The poppy, we are constantly informed, is in memory of...



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Union Terminally Ill

Christopher Owens discusses the effects of Brexit and more with Paul Burgess, the author of the recently published The Contested Identities of Ulster Catholics.
From being threatened by loyalist...



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A Morning Thought @ 181

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Inconvenience But No Disaster

Jim Duffy analyses the mid term US election.

In all the commentary on the US, commentators (as they tend to) have forgotten key things.

1. The fact that the GOP got fewer votes than Democrats is...



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The ‘Ethics’ Of The Catholic Bishops? Freud Had A Name For That: Reaction Formation

Valerie Tarico describes the response of Catholic bishops to child abuse by clerics. 


As Pennsylvania investigators worked to confirm up to 1000 cases of sexual abuse committed by...



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A Morning Thought @ 180

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The Climate Fire Raging Under The International Political System

Gabriel Levy reviews Climate Leviathan: a political theory of our planetary future, by Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright (London: Verso, 2018).
What are the real political prospects, as the world...



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James McClean And Armistice Day – A Personal Perspective

Conor Lynam shares his though on James McClean and the bloody poppy.

I thought that I had seen it all in relation to the annual Poppy hysteria that grips this part of the world in the lead up to...



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A Morning Thought @ 179

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