“ISIS Still Has Global Reach, Despite the Caliphate’s Collapse”, The New Yorker
By Robin Wright, April 23, 2019
Exactly a month after losing its final piece of territory, the Islamic State… Continue reading
“Sri Lanka’s Unending Civil War”, The New York Times
By The Editorial Board, April 22, 2019
Modern social media added fuel to the sectarian fires still smoldering after the… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Environment
Santa Barbara oil spill, 1969, Smithsonian Magazine, April 22, 2019
Today is Earth Day, the 49th, started… Continue reading
Message of the Day: Environment
Santa Barbara oil spill, 1969, Smithsonian Magazine, April 22, 2019
Today is Earth Day, the 49th, started… Continue reading
“Columbine teacher can still hear the gunfire 20 years later”, CBS This Morning
Barry Petersen, April 20, 2019
What many consider America’s first mass school shooting took place in the community of Littleton,… Continue reading
“Everybody knew about burials so why does silence persist?”, Irish Examiner
By Conall Ó Fátharta, Dublin, April 19, 2019
The shocking report on burial practices from the Mother and Baby Homes… Continue reading
“Socialist! Capitalist! Economic Systems as Weapons in a War of Words”, The New York Times
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, DealBook, April 20, 2019
The economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses Bernie Sanders, social policy and how we… Continue reading
“Lyra McKee: Lost Girl of the Troubles”, The Irish Times
Martin Doyle, Books, Dublin, Apr 19, 2019
She made her name as a journalist covering the Troubles’ legacy and was… Continue reading
“Reaction of the rich to the Notre Dame fire teaches us a lot about the world we live in”, Joe.ie
Carl Kinsella, Dublin, 17 April 2019
Yesterday, the world’s eyes turned to Paris as Notre Dame cathedral burned.
It was… Continue reading
“Mr. Mueller’s Indictment”, The New York Times
The special counsel’s report reveals a pattern of deceit and dysfunction. What comes next is up to Congress.
The Editorial… Continue reading