New Year, New Update

Home. January 7th, 2010

I updated the website for the first time in a while today, with a selection of articles from the last months of 2009. It is impossible within the site’s current framework to post everything I write, so, under the “Most Recent” heading on the Print page, I have posted a general grab-bag, including: an Irish Times op-ed defending the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama; a Wall Street Journal review of Nick Hornby’s latest novel; a Daily Beast piece from October about another apparent memory-lapse by Hillary Clinton; an Irish Independent article looking ahead to the next decade in the U.S.; and a Sunday Business Post review of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue. I can only post five articles at a time in the section. Anyone looking for my article about the Clintons, which ran as part of the Guardian’s end-of-decade “I’ve changed my mind about…” series, can find it here. Talking of Guardian-related matters, my friend Emma Brockes has a very lovely new website which is well worth a look, and which you can now access from the Links page.

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Home. October 12th, 2009

I have added a few new items to the site this evening, and hope to update more in the next couple of days.
Tonight, I’ve added a clip of a recent appearance on PBS’s World Focus to the TV & Radio page. I also decided that the various “selected” pieces of writing on the Print page [...]

Repeat Irish America post for I. Explorer users

Home. August 21st, 2009

[There appears to have been a formatting issue with today's post about Irish America for Internet Explorer users. This version below, which is exactly the same, should (the tech experts tell me) work better for you. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.] 
THE IRISH AMERICA DEBATE
As some of you may know, a fairly heated debate has erupted [...]

The Irish America Debate

Home. August 21st, 2009

As some of you may know, a fairly heated debate has erupted in recent days, primarily between me and Niall O’Dowd, the publisher of the Irish Voice newspaper.
Prompted by what I considered to be Mr. O’Dowd’s gross over-selling of a story regarding Hillary Clinton, the debate has also focused more broadly on the the [...]

A Dark Hour for the GOP

Home. May 20th, 2009

Read this weekend’s Irish Times column on the woes of the Republican Party, and how its drift to the right has ultimately damaged its electoral appeal, here: http://bit.ly/11IHjm

Latest Fox News Clip

Home. February 25th, 2009

My latest TV appearance, discussing Barack Obama’s first month in office on Fox News’ Live Desk, has now been posted on the TV & Radio page.