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Back Home in Derry

Music

Give me the music of a nation to find it's soul

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Reflections on Irish Time

Reflection on Irish Time

After 10 years of leading teenagers to Ireland and Northern Ireland, it comes to an end.

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Key Events in Northern Ireland

History Lesson

The long long journey from colonialism to a nation

Traditions

At the present time the observance (of Midsummer) is almost entirey confined to children who still on 23 June, St. John's eve, gather sticks etc. and light small bonfires

Jokes

Paddy the electrician got sacked from the U.S. prison service for not servicing the electric chair. He said in his professional opinion it was a death trap! MORE HERE

Derry Diaries

After a scrumptious feast of big hot dogs and little buns and chili and salad cooked by Nora and Bobby, we were off to Pennyburn to go bowling...

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Laramie Project

Laramie Project

I went up to school to watch the “Laramie Project” performed by high school students. Normally plays produced and acted by high schoolers, especially a play based on a real life event are usually over acted. This play was the exception. The true-story events surrounding the murderof Matthew Shepard 10 years ago in Wyoming [...]

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Know When to Hold ‘Em

Know When to Hold ‘Em

With Ohio passing a new gambling law on Tuesday 3 November and the legalizing marijuana in Breckinridge Colorado and in Maine and now the Governator wants to legalize pot in California to make up for revenue short falls, are we headed to a more ‘liberal’ approach to balancing budgets? Like taxing ’sin.’ Is this [...]

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Beginning the 9th Year

Beginning the 9th Year

What will be different in Afghanistan this year and going forward? What will we have learned from the example of “Charlie Wilson’s War”? Is it worth the effort now to pursue a hundred or so Al Qaeda at the expense of American lives and treasure? Or is there a better way forward, one that involves [...]

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