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Democracy in Sri Lanka Part 1 An Irish perspective

Democracy in Sri Lanka Part 1 An Irish perspective

This article appeared in Ceylon Today on August 20 2020

  https://ceylontoday.lk/news/part-1-sri-lankan-democracy-irish-perspective

  Sad, Soggy Images

Our gated residential complex is littered with sad, soggy images of aspirant politicians. In the run-up to the Sri Lankan parliamentary election on August 5 2020, our normally sedate environment was infested with disreputable-looking teams of…

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Anger and Forgiveness

This article appeared in Ceylon Today on Thursday August 17 2017

http://www.ceylontoday.lk/print20170401CT20170630.php?id=27840

Events in Charlottesville (and more low-key events closer to my home affecting me personally) have led me to think about the subject of anger and its consequences.  I was moved to revisit Martha C Nussbaum’s book Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, and…

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Martin McGuinness RIP

A short version of this article appeared in Ceylon Today on March 30 2017.

The world watched in horror as Khalid Masood drove a car into tourists and innocent bystanders at Westminster on March 24, 2017. At the funeral of Martin McGuinness on March 23 Gerry Adams described McGuinness, who died on March 21, as a “freedom fighter” rather than a terrorist. There has always been much talk by the…

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