Current Events
Fascists….Again
I got so tired of the antisemitic bullshit in response to my Tweet about my research, that I wrote about it for Anthony McIntyre’s website, The Pensive Quill. You can read about my ordeal here.
Current Events
Fascism in Ireland
I’m working on an article on right-wing nationalist movements in Ireland, focusing on Anti-Corruption Ireland, the National Party, and Identity Ireland, with a historical background of the Citizenship Referendum of the early 2000s. These parties employ rhetoric and tactics associated with fascism. Political scientists don’t typically agree on all of Read more…
Books
Book Review: “A Short History of Ireland” by John Gibney
On my recent trip to Dublin, I loaded up on Irish history books that one generally can’t find in the United States outside the realm of Amazon, which I’m trying to use less often. The pile of books significantly increased the poundage of our luggage, but I always find it Read more…
Current Events
Reflections on my recent trip to Éire
Returning to the United States from Ireland is always difficult, because I immediately miss the beautiful scenery, mellifluous speech, and friendly people of Dublin. This time, returning was particularly painful because the first news we heard about upon disembarking from our flight to Newark was that two mass shootings had Read more…