Daniel Carey
How much has changed in Ireland since the economic collapse?
This article originally appeared on RTÉ Brainstorm Opinion: a decade on, there is much to learn about how Ireland reacted to the financial crash and its aftermath Ireland’s dramatic economic collapse… | Read on »
John McCain: the life and strife of a political maverick
This article originally appeared on RTÉ Brainstorm Opinion: assessing the career of John McCain must take account of both his remarkable bravery and regrettable political mistakes The death of John McCain has led to… | Read on »
America’s problem with guns
This article originally appeared on RTÉ Brainstorm Opinion: mass shootings in the United States have sadly become all too common in recent times yet measures to address this malaise are… | Read on »
What next for Hillary Clinton?
This article originally appeared on RTÉ Brainstorm, on September 29th, 2017. Opinion: she may have made history as the first female nominee of a major US party, but Hillary Clinton… | Read on »
Sam Shepard, True West, and the Eblana
The death of the playwright Sam Shepard represents a huge loss to American theatre. Some of his best work shows a gift for exposing patterns of connection and disconnection in… | Read on »
Theses on Trump and the 2016 Election
As an American citizen living abroad, I have been reflecting on the course of the election and its outcome. Here are some theses on the process. § However immersed they… | Read on »
True Crime: O.J. Simpson’s America
This post originally appeared on the blog of the Irish Humanities Alliance More than twenty years have passed since O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and… | Read on »
Journal of a Plague Year: Ebola and Daniel Defoe
This post originally appeared on the blog of the Irish Humanities Alliance The devastating outbreak of Ebola that began a year ago has now claimed the lives of more than 10,000… | Read on »