Editor’s corner: A Rose by Any Other Name, and a Warrior Rests in Peace
We lost an Irish hero, and we gained an Irish Rose. Their stories are inside, and like all iIrish stories, also on the brand...
The Invention That Changed My Uncle’s Sundays: Irish Ingenuity and Canal Innovations
My Uncle's Thumb
It was a Tuesday. May 24, 1960, was the Tuesday that changed my uncle’s way of life, or at least modified it....
Lessons from Isherwood: Warning Signs of Authoritarianism and Moral Erosion
Life is a Cabaret
Christopher Isherwood wrote his novel Goodbye to Berlin, which later became the movie Cabaret, in 1939. Isherwood’s novel depicts his beloved...
Blowin’ In: The Bullfrog
The Bullfrog
Last weekend, I woke before dawn. Mothers have this uncanny ability to sleep yet remain alert for night sounds. When my children were...