Message to the USA: Register to Vote!

Our absentee ballots for the Nov. 4 election in the US arrived today. Happy Day!
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Links, 16 July 2008

Links to peruse at your leisure, presented in no particular order.

French Prez Sarkozy will visit Dublin Monday

After the defeat of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland, Sarkozy has been downright intimidating about Ireland’s role in the EU. ..

Books Report: Ireland and the Whole World

During a few rainy, cold days in June, I devoured two books: Jared Diamond’s Collapse, and John Waters’s Jiving at the Crossroads. ..

Happy Fourth of July

Today is not a holiday in Ireland, of course. Still, there are plenty of celebrations of Independence Day here in Dublin. ..

Lisbon Treaty: Ballad for an Undecided Irish Voter

Are you ready for a smirking, cynical over-simplification of yesterday’s vote on the Lisbon Treaty? ..

Lisbon Treaty: The Campaigns

At midday here in Ireland, the consensus was that the vote on the Treaty of Lisbon is too close to call. ..

The Treaty of Lisbon: Dazed and Confused

Today, many Irish citizens will vote “Yes” or “No” to the Lisbon Treaty. ..