Thursday, 3 May 2012
Mind games
It seems that the brain, in specific situations, literally gets bored and starts scaring you: Esther Inglis-Arkell, i09, May 3, 2012 read more
Back to the dark ages?
There was a national outcry last night when a government minister warned
that rural parts of Ireland would be restricted to using only enough
electricity to power three lightbulbs and a kettle: Irish Independent, May 3, 2012 read more
Making a balls of it
The English Football Association is, in many respects, a woefully inept
organisation, as evidenced by its sacking of national team manager Fabio
Capello only months before England competes in this summer’s European
Football Championship: David Adams, Irish Times, May 3, 2012 read more
Wheels within wheels
IT JUST gets curiouser and curiouser. Just what was Cardinal (then Fr)
Seán Brady’s role when he attended that inquiry with two other priests
and 14-year-old Brendan Boland at the Dominican friary in Dundalk on
March 29th, 1975?: Patsy McGarry, Irish Times, May 3, 2012 read more
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Fiscal treaty
I don't know what to think about the fiscal treaty referendum. Let me be honest and admit that: Bock's blog, May 2, 2012 read more
Corruption: a Catholic thing?
We have long imagined or simply wanted to believe that the inherent
goodness and honesty of the great majority of people is a robust enough
buttress against the obvious and eternal corruption all around us: Editorial, Irish Examiner, May 2, 2012 read more
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