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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Ninety Two

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousIrish president urged to clarify position on Ukraine war following wife’s letterClare Daly responds after Ukraine puts her on list of people

Real Deal

Peter Anderson ⚽ So, what did we learn from the first round of fixtures in the EPL? Well for one, Haaland is the real deal. And all for £50m! Here's one happy citizen! As Gary "woke" Neville said on his podcast, this is the template he sees for many City matches this season: a tight first half where he will need to be slid in through the channels when the defence is sitting deep, and a second

A Morning Thought @ 1513

Tomás Mór McElwee

Dixie Elliot ✒ This short poem is about conversations I had with Big Tom when we shared a cell. It is about dreaming of a life beyond prison walls and war.You watched the shifting cloudsand dreamed.The wind carried the curlew's call.Rain brought memories in its wake.So too the swirling snow, as cold as a prison wall.♜ ♞ ♟A passing greeting along the road.Cattle grazing unconcerned.Lough Beg in

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Ninety One

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousRespected human rights solicitor Pádraigín Drinan was ‘the finest person’Germany legend and one-time League of Ireland player Uwe Seeler

National Service Reintroduction Will Restore National Pride

Dr John Coulter ✒ If you want to be an Irish or British citizen in terms of a passport holder, then part of that citizenship should be mandatory participation in the return of National Service. TPQ Contentious Political Commentator outlines his controversial proposal to restore national pride in this ‘living with Covid’ society.We need a return of National Service in the UK and the Republic of

A Morning Thought @ 1512

One-Eyed Arleen

Anthony McIntyre ✒ She had the chance to modernise unionism but at the turning point failed to turn.She had the opportunity to transform consent from a wooden altar which nationalists should genuflect at into an active mutually embracive concept. She squandered it. Arleen Foster’s career as First Minister can be summed up in two words - abject failure, a political pigmy towered over by the late

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Ninety

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousChurch set to end system of ‘one priest over a parish’ in its biggest overhaul for 100 yearsThe Pope, the War Bonnet and the Real Meaning of

Maybe Religion Isn’t Dying, But It’s Definitely Not Well

Ryan Cragun ✒ A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed denies the stark reality of religion’s decline in the USIn their recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Byron R. Johnson and Jeff Levin, referring to a paper they recently published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion (IJRR), argue that religiosity is not declining in the US but rather, “Americans are becoming more religious, and