Lincoln’s apt riposte to those who objected to Grant’s fondness for the bottle was: ‘I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals’. The 18th President of the United States, whose ancestors came...
The DUP was founded in 1971 by Ian Paisley, a bombastic Presbyterian preacher. He fused the ethnic chauvinism that is part of the DNA of Ulster unionism with the secular culture of “loyalists”, as working-class unionists are known. His brand of unionism acquired a militant edge which can...
The spike in gun violence began as COVID kept many young people out of school and work, and disruptions to social supports and services left at-risk youth without safe, productive places to go during the day. These disruptions have had a destabilizing impact, particularly on young people, le...