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Dublin After a Week of Fighting

100 years ago, a small group of brave men and women rose up against 700 years of British oppression, setting the stage for Irish independence.

Easter Rising in Numbers

100 years ago, a small group of brave men and women rose up against 700 years of British oppression, setting the stage for Irish independence.

Easter Rising Explained

100 years ago, a small group of brave men and women rose up against 700 years of British oppression, setting the stage for Irish independence.

Easter Rising

100 years ago, a small group of brave men and women rose up against 700 years of British oppression, setting the stage for Irish independence.

Easter Rising

100 years ago, a small group of brave men and women rose up against 700 years of British oppression, setting the stage for Irish independence.

Review of The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson

This is the first time I read Bill Bryson and I found The Road to Little Dribbling to be witty and entertaining. This is not the type of book that will have you up late at night, flipping the pages to find out what Mr. Bryson does or says next. But it is a book that you can comfortably go back to at any time, flip to any random chapter, and enjoy a quick laugh. Mr. Bryson comes across as a cranky, cynical old man—something he readily admits to—who is involved in a long-term love affair with Great Britain. And like most relationships, he can’t help but gripe about the little things that begi…Find it on Goodreads

Easter Rising

100 years ago today, a small group of brave men and women rose up to challenge 700 years of British occupation.

The most ludicrous primary…

  

In honor of fair play…

There’s something truly wrong when people have to choose between degrees of ‘evil’.

  

This is how this election makes me feel!