Older & Wiser ... or just Older
I'm sorry for slacking, but oh my god, this has been the busiest two weeks of my recent life. I'm going to quickly recap all that has happened, throw some thoughts and feelings in there, and I promise to be back to the regularly scheduled weekly blogging starting next week. If only even for my own s ...
Malala's attackers arrested. Why did it take two years?
Malala's attackers arrested. Why did it take two years? The Pakistan Army announced today that it arrested 10 militants suspected of involvement in the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who became a celebrity advocate for education after being shot by a Taliban gunman on her way to school. ...
September 12, 2014
The country I would like to visit is Ireland. its just always been a place that Ive wanted to go to and eventualy move there.
Ian Paisley—The Last of the Fighting Fundamentalists (1926–2014)
I woke this morning to the sad news that Dr. Paisley has died. We knew him as Dr. Paisley, or just “Doc” in familiar conversation, but he was known in later years as Lord Bannside. Ian Paisley was born in April 1926 into the home of a Baptist pastor. He preached his first sermon at the age of sixtee ...
Northern Ireland's Ian Paisley dies
Northern Ireland's former first minister and former Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley has died, his wife, Eileen, said in a statement Friday. He was 88. Paisley, a Protestant preacher, was a key figure in ending three decades of conflict in ...
Eurozone gives Ireland greenlight to repay bailout loans early
MILAN: Eurozone ministers on Friday backed a push by Ireland to repay part of its 85-billion-euro bailout loans early, marking a turning point in the debt crisis aftermath. "There was broad political support in the Eurogroup," said Dutch finance minister ...
Rev. Ian Paisley, Protestant firebrand-turned-peacemaker in Northern Ireland, dies at age 88
DUBLIN (AP) -- The Rev. Ian Paisley, the Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight years, died Friday in Belfast. He was 88. Paisley's blistering ...
Mooney in full flow for Ireland after personal revelations
Scotland claimed an eight-wicket victory over Ireland in the last of the One-Day Internationals in Malahide, but the narrative of the final day of this cricketing summer was played out amidst a genuinely moving script earlier in the day. The 32-year-old ...
