Year: 2016

Charities sector in Ireland in crisis

Console scandal creates fresh difficulties for charities – Independent.ieI am a director and honorary treasurer of a number of charities. I give of my time freely and without compensation. I am glad to do so and feel...

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2.5M Words To Explain Utter Failure of Iraq War

Yet even today as Sir John Chilcot read his half hour statement to a baffled audience, Tony Blair was unrepentant: ‘I believe we made the right decision’. In the aftermath of tenure as UK’s Prime Minister, Tony...

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Yuuge win for Bernie on Education

“This proposed legislation will provide free tuition at public colleges and universities for all families in America earning $125,000 a year or less – 83 percent of our families. “In other words, the dream of...

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Roger Ailes Gets Sued for Sexual Harassment

I don’t watch much Fox News because it makes me physically ill, but I’ve seen enough to know Gretchen Carlson’s face, if not her name. I guess I thought she was still on Fox & Friends in the morning,...

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Chilcot Report Puts Too Much Emphasis on WMD

I spent two hours this morning reading the Executive Summary of The Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot Report) that was just released in the United Kingdom. There are countless documents and individual sections yet to read, but I’ve...

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