all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned
What with all the play that the narrow French rejection of the proposed EU Constitution enjoyed, I doubt that Switzerland’s successful referendum accepting endorsement of closer EU integration (specifically, enacting the Dublin Convention on...
Today is the birthdate of Jim Connolly, a Scots Irish labour hero shot dead in 1916 during a failed rebellion against British rule. I recently visited Kilmainham Gaol, and the very spot where Connolly...
At the end of the last glaciation, the ice sheets that covered much of the Northern Hemisphere disappeared in a matter of a few thousand yearsa surprisingly short time, considering how long it had...