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Overcoming The Silence

Anthony McIntyre  ☠ I missed last week's vigil. I got the chance of a ticket for an AC Milan against Leeds United game in the Aviva and availed of it. Bobby McCormack will understand the lure, being an avid soccer fan himself. Still, when I miss a vigil, whatever the reason, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth, something similar I imagine to making the discovery that I had just

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The Liberator

John Crawley ✍ Over the past few weeks, there has been an avalanche of tributes paid to the Catholic landlord, lawyer, and monarchist Daniel O’Connell. The Irish State has issued a stamp in his honour and funded an official commemoration on the 250th anniversary of his birth. This is hardly surprising, as O’Connell was the godfather of British constitutional Irish nationalism - a

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A Morning Thought @ 2806

A Morning Thought @ 2805

Climate Change Is An Injustice Multiplier 🔥 Not An Asteroid

People And Nature 🔖 Review by Simon Pirani of Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change, by Friederike Otto (Greystone Books, 2025). Republished, with thanks, from the EcologistHow we talk about climate change matters a great deal, Friederike Otto argues in this very welcome book. We need to think not about “the whole world ending”, but about the

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“Dr. Werthless”

Christopher Owens 🔖 Never rely on history to validate your actions.Forever susceptible to trends and personalities, once noble actions can be dismissed as bigoted and vice versa. It is for these reasons that Dr. Fredric Wertham remains a deeply polarising figure. A German Jew who found fame in America due to his testimony at the trial of child rapist/murderer/cannibal Albert Fish,

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