Manhattan Diary


Manhattan Diary

by Cahir O'Doherty
Cahir is the Arts Editor of The Irish Voice, our sister publication.

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Manhattan Diary for April 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 09:44 AM

The Irish condition and the silence that followed the Famine

Psychotherapy is something the Irish think you turn to only after booze, confession and prayer all fail. It’s the end of the line, the final admission of failure. Your problems must be insurmountable indeed if you have to see a shrink about them.

The people that I’ve encountered with the most hostile attitude to therapy are usually the people most in need of it. It’s a neat trick that.



Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 09:48 AM

'Glee' could turn your kids gay Bill O'Reilly warns - VIDEO

 Bill O'Reilly is worried that Glee, the all-singing all-dancing smash hit musical show on Fox, will encourage America's youth to experiment with 'alternative lifestyles.'

Let's be clear: 'alternative lifestyles,' for Fox News pundits, is code for gay. O'Reilly is concerned that watching Glee will turn your kids gay.

O'Reilly didn't say gay though, because for conservatives your sexual orientation is not something that's fixed or innate, like your eye color or the color of your skin - instead it's altogether more elective, it's something you can fall into, like stamp collecting or model ship building.



Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:30 PM

God abandons the GOP Presidential Race

Remember how the main Republican candidates all rushed to confirm to the press that God has inspired them to run in 2012?

To hear them tell it, Almighty God had taken time out of His busy schedule to make personal visits to their upscale homes to endorse them in person.

I'm talking about you Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.



Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 10:17 AM

The United States of Apple



Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 10:01 AM

The Irish Government - the same politics leads to same results

 

The trajectory of a life in the Irish political establishment hasn’t really altered in decades. You move from the playing fields to the professions; or from the elite boarding schools to the law schools; or from the rural constituency offices to the offices of parliament.

Doors open as if by magic -- if your face and background fit, that is.





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