Dan Persons, 11.06.2009
Film Journalist
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for Turning Green lies. It showcases Tim Hutton, Colm Meaney, and Allesandro Nivola, but while they'...
Human Rights First, 10.06.2009
Non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization
By Joelle Fiss
Human RIghts First Pennoyer Fellow
BRUSSELS, October 3, 2009 - "This is a day of celebration for Ireland and for Europe", chuckled for...
Michael Bialas, 09.19.2009
Entertainment and Sports Journalist
May is a genuine throwback, a sexy seductress who'll knock you out just as quickly with her dynamite voice as her sultry looks.
John Feffer, 11.08.2009
Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus
ShannonWatch, a group of a dozen or so peace activists led by a former Irish commandant and peacekeeper, scrutinizes the commercial and military planes that pass through Ireland to bring troops and hardware to Afghanistan.
Lisa Derrick, 10.23.2009
Pop culture journalist Lisa Derrick writes and edits La Figa at Firedoglake.com
As campaigns in the US for marriage equality gear up -- notably Maine, Washington State and Washington, DC, -- Marriage Equality Ireland has launched this sweet ad, Sinead's Hand.
Tara Lohan, 10.19.2009
Tara Lohan is a senior editor at AlterNet.org and editor of the book "Water Consciousness."
Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.
Taylor Marsh, 10.01.2009
Political analyst, commentator, with foreign policy focus
Domestic issues pervaded Teddy's mission, but also his image at home. However, he was intensely interested and engaged in world matters.
Ann Wright, 09.24.2009
Retired U.S. Army Colonel
I wonder if the Secretary of State might wish to have discussions with the Secretary of Director of Immigration and Citizenship about how to treat Nobel Peace Laureates, unless, because of her outspoken criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians, the treatment Maguire got was exactly what the Obama administration wants her to have.
Robert E. Murphy, 09.19.2009
Columnist, Life-Long Brooklynite
Vin Scully, if he is as decent a man as I think he is, must know that the Dodgers' flight from Brooklyn for 300 acres of central Los Angeles was a shameful maneuver.
Dan Persons, 09.14.2009
Film Journalist
I Sell the Dead has pretty much nothing going for it except a neat cast, plus the visual inventiveness and sheer, audacious wit of its director, Mr. McQuaid. Fortunately, that's more than enough.
Jeff Biggers, 08.28.2009
Author, forthcoming "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland"
It's hard for any foreigner to believe that President Obama has quietly acquiesced to the marketing and machinations of Big Coal.
Theresa Darklady Reed, 08.21.2009
According to the Irish government, it's not merely a good idea to crack down on offending the sensibilities of the religious, it's constitutionally required.
Richard Laermer, 08.21.2009
CEO RLMpr.com
The success of Angela's Ashes taught us that the most popular stories that seem to resonate with readers and spur new and positive changes are often the true ones.
Sanjay Khanna, 08.11.2009
Climate-change writer and journalist
The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.
Casey Sherman, 07.11.2009
Bestselling Author
Hell had come to Omagh and only the victims would be ordered to pay. Until now.
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort, 10.04.2009
Author of The Monfort Plan
Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.
Billy Parish, 07.02.2009
Founder, Energy Action Coalition
The recession is the perfect opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to invest and put America back on the path to prosperity.
Chris Weigant, 06.25.2009
Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)
On a lonely hill outside the small town of Cobh, Ireland (pronounced: "cove"), is a mass grave marked by three somber headstones. As mass graves go, ...
Jayne Lyn Stahl, 06.12.2009
Huffington Post blogger
If, as you said at the D.C. Hilton this weekend, you and Congress serve at "the pleasure of the American people," then you must bring our troops home. That is the people's desire, and that must be our elected leaders' objective.
Jane Minogue, 05.28.2009
medievalist, writer, teacher, student
"If we change traditional marriage, it's a slippery slope," said the man at the table next to me. "Soon we'll have people marrying animals." I'm not aware of any man-horse association that's lobbying Congress or state governments to allow bestiality.
Dan Treul, 05.26.2009
Dan Treul is a freelance writer living in Grand Rapids, MI.
Obama is enjoying levels of Irish support and enthusiasm unseen since Kennedy became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Emerald Isle in 1963.