Reading Time: 3 minutes William F. Buckley had a panache, and an intellect, that few could match
Author: Pat Murphy
Donald Trump’s America First policy has storied pedigree
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trump is in good company, with JFK, Gerald Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Walt Disney, among many others, all supporting an earlier isolationist U.S. organization
Putting to rest a Fenian rebellion fantasy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Folklore and reality clash when it comes to examining North America’s role in quelling an Irish rebellion
America’s political melodrama the gift that keeps on giving
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the worst case scenario, the Republican establishment avoids selecting Donald Trump by parachuting in its own candidate
New Zealand refuses to ignore its history
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why rejecting a new flag design was an endorsement of the nation’s identity and another rejection of elite manipulation
Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
Reading Time: 3 minutes If legitimacy for armed insurrection requires some form of prior democratic mandate, then Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising failed the test
St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t always as benign as it is today
Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Day riot of 1858 began when an Orangeman used his horse-drawn cab to disrupt the parade
Donald Trump, Republican chaos and pundit conniptions
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trump’s rise may not be as disastrous for the Republicans as the critics believe
Of Popes and American politics
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you’ve a long memory and a thing for American politics, the Vatican’s recent anti-Trump intervention may have rung a bell
Could the UK actually leave the European Union?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK’s relationship to what is now called the European Union has always been ambivalent