Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus: A masterclass in showing over telling
William F Buckley was the leading right-wing intellectual of the post-second World War United States
Richard Nixon
What US economic madness means for the rest of the world
Tariffs and a weaker dollar spell trouble for Irish exporters
Like Nixon before him, Trump is weakening the dollar in a bid to correct the US’s trade deficit
Trump is attempting to bend the global economy to his will but is being hamstrung by the US’s deteriorating fiscal metrics
In a Word...Ancestry
Ireland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritage
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasy
We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be
US airlines’ demand to be allowed to land at Dublin threatened Aer Lingus and west of Ireland, Lynch told Nixon
Washington put pressure on government in early 1970s to stop forcing passenger planes from US to land at Shannon
Jeff Bezos has made a sacrificial offering of the Washington Post. A once-great newspaper is dying in darkness
The paper’s billionaire owner has said its opinion pages will in future support and defend ‘two pillars: personal liberties and free markets’
The sap rises and barriers go up as China prepares for the year’s biggest political event
Analysts around the world will watch the Two Sessions closely for information about the country’s policy direction
Ireland’s priceless moon rock from Apollo landing was destroyed in a fire
US gifted second piece of moon rock after final moon mission, which is now in National Museum
Jimmy Carter obituary: Former US president was unwavering champion of civil rights and a peace broker in the Middle East
An outsider in national politics, Carter surprised observers by winning the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and narrowly defeating incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Henry Kissinger, global US foreign policy figure, dies at 100
Former secretary of state to Richard Nixon became one of the most controversial and prominent figures of US foreign policy
John Carter Cash on his parents: ‘Their relationship was a shambles. But they learned to love each other again’
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s son has revisited their relationship to help chronicle his father’s life in lyrics
Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco but relations expected to remain rocky
Washington likely to press for restoration of contacts between US and Chinese military leaders and to urge Beijing to stop the flow of fentanyl
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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