Helping To Bring Lasting Peace To Northern Ireland

On March 31, 2010, in Life in New England, Political Comments, The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

As part of ICF’s reconciliation program, 100 twelve-year olds from segregated Belfast neighborhoods have been selected each year to spend a one month summer holiday in the United States. Represented in equal numbers, these Protestant and Catholic children bear the scars of deep historical hatred. Hosted by American families, the youngsters take part in a wide range of activities, including a summer camp that uses team games to build trust and encourage cooperation.

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Germans Don’t Like American Health Care Reform

On March 22, 2010, in Neurotica, Political Comments, by Editor

The major difference between the established American newspapers and Spiegel Online is that German journalists don’t feel any obligation whatsoever to hold back their personal – not, mind you, political – views, and these views are primarily and constantly antagonistic in nature.

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Ian Paisley Will Not Seek Re-Election

On March 3, 2010, in Political Comments, The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election. The 83-year-old founder and ex-leader of the Democratic Unionist Party is to relinquish the North Antrim seat he first won in 1970. Mr Paisley announced his decision to stand down in his local constituency paper, the Ballymena Guardian. Famed for his firebrand oratory, Mr Paisley was a founding member of the Free Presbyterian Church in Ireland in 1951. His evangelical theology heavily influenced his political views and throughout the Troubles he forthrightly denounced Catholicism and the papacy.

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Sunday Bloody Sunday – Beyond U2

On December 23, 2009, in It's all about music..., Political Comments, The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

January 30th marks an anniversary in recent Irish history that most people living outside of Ireland and the Northern Provinces recognize only through a famous U2 song, Sunday Bloody Sunday. Unfortunately, the song is still misinterpreted as a “rebel song.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The band was aware of the controversial nature of Sunday Bloody Sunday, that its lyrics might be misinterpreted as sectarian, and possibly jeopardize their personal lives.

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The Bloody Sunday Inquiry

On March 22, 2009, in Political Comments, The Bleeding Hills, by Editor

The story line behind my novel “The Bleeding Hills” would not be complete without a look into the two inquiries of Bloody Sunday, the Widgery Report of 1972 and the official Bloody Sunday Inquiry initiated in 1998.

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