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Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 27, 2016

If legitimacy for armed insurrection requires some form of prior democratic mandate, then Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising failed the test

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 16, 2016

Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Day riot of 1858 began when an Orangeman used his horse-drawn cab to disrupt the parade

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 9, 2016

Trump’s rise may not be as disastrous for the Republicans as the critics believe

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 2, 2016

If you’ve a long memory and a thing for American politics, the Vatican’s recent anti-Trump intervention may have rung a bell

Posted by Pat Murphy | Feb 10, 2016

The UK’s relationship to what is now called the European Union has always been ambivalent