Irish foreign minister displays courage in exposing tragedy of disaster zone.

What happened in Paris? Was the Jerry Flannery incident as bad as we thought it was?

It was like a news bulletin of 20 years ago. Two Brits and one policeman shot dead. People old enough to remember the bad days feared the worst and doubtless [...]

In the New Years Day post, I focussed on the long-term underlying issues in Gaza, rather than joining the short term finger-pointing and blame game. The morality of the blame [...]

I mentioned earlier that I intended to have guest postings on various subjects, and this is the first in what I hope will become a series. James Carr is an [...]