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Thursday 8 November, 2018
Given the political realities, Nancy Pelosi must simultaneously do battle and business with President Trump, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 27 October, 2018
Ireland may be resistant to the temptations of populism but we are not immune, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Monday 8 October, 2018
The US mid-terms will be the first nationwide referendum on Donald Trump, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Monday 24 September, 2018
What strategies and tactics can we expect from the candidates for the presidential race, asks Larry Donnelly.
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Thursday 6 September, 2018
The mid-term elections in the US could become a referendum on Trump’s presidency, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Thursday 23 August, 2018
‘Personal faith, separate from the institution, unwavering respect for those who educated me, and the comfort of community’.
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Sunday 22 July, 2018
In the final week of my stay, my mind turned to how I would leave my father on what would definitely be the most heavy hearted of all our farewells, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Friday 20 July, 2018
Donald Trump’s central animating impulse in public life has long been that his country gets a raw deal, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 16 June, 2018
Because of the enormous stakes for everyone on the planet, all we can do is hope and pray now, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 26 May, 2018
It’s a very new day and a very new dawn for Ireland.
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Friday 11 May, 2018
However, the president’s job approval ratings have been on a clear, upward arc as of late, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Monday 16 April, 2018
But the potential for a conflict between the United States and Russia was, and may still be, on the brink, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Sunday 4 March, 2018
After opening their session with a prayer for the 17 young Floridians recently killed, state legislators then overwhelmingly rejected a ban on semi-automatic guns.
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Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Last night’s speech showed the serious challenges confronting Republicans and Democrats as they prepare for mid-term elections, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 27 January, 2018
Irish politics matters in a very real fashion to me as an expat; it’s not just a sporting interest, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Sunday 31 December, 2017
A stunning year in politics on the other side of the Atlantic has ended on a remarkable note, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 26 December, 2017
The big questions is: can the present government last another year, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 2 December, 2017
Paddy Power Politics has set the odds on the next general election to take place in 2018 at 1/25. The bookies aren’t in it to lose money, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 11 November, 2017
What will Trump do next? Your guess is as good as mine, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Friday 3 November, 2017
We don’t know at present exactly what all that has unfolded this week means or what lies ahead, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 28 October, 2017
The middle ground are rarely heard in Ireland’s fraught debates over abortion, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 3 October, 2017
The answers to the gun control question, to me and to millions of Americans, are obvious, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 26 September, 2017
Even if Hillary Clinton had won in November, the Democratic Party would still be in trouble, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Thursday 7 September, 2017
There is a plausible scenario in which Trump could be vanquished by someone from his own party, Larry Donnelly writes.
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Thursday 17 August, 2017
Saying that the average Trump voter is a racist amounts to a slur on those (including several of my own close friends) who voted for him for a variety of reasons, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Sunday 9 July, 2017
Saturday 1 July, 2017
The ‘hard Left’ make unrealistic promises that can never be kept, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Monday 26 June, 2017
Pushing Christians whose politics are shaped by their religious convictions to the periphery is wrong and dumb, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Thursday 1 June, 2017
This internal struggle has (re)opened some wounds that will take time to heal, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 16 May, 2017
There is a profound, far-reaching division in Irish society, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 22 April, 2017
Politically, the frenetic, unpredictable approach of the Trump administration has engendered one unnecessary nightmare after another, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 18 March, 2017
Enda Kenny had a difficult tightrope to walk and he performed admirably writes Larry Donnelly.
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Monday 20 February, 2017
Those who say they know what lies ahead – in either country – are either clairvoyant or just plain wrong, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 24 January, 2017
In electing Donald Trump, the people of the US have, at least in part, signalled to the world that they want to recalibrate their relationship with it, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Sunday 15 January, 2017
In overlooking certain perspectives, the media is committing its gravest error in this undeniably frightening time of political upheaval, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Tuesday 27 December, 2016
Uncertainty currently reigns in the two countries I call home. Here’s what to expect in the US and in Ireland in 2017, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Wednesday 7 December, 2016
“Trump Derangement Syndrome” is affecting many otherwise reasonable, thoughtful people at the moment, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Saturday 12 November, 2016
Now that the first shock has abated, TheJournal.ie columnist Larry Donnelly ponders on a world post-Trump victory.
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Tuesday 8 November, 2016
No matter what happens today, God save the United States, writes Bostonian Larry Donnelly with a sad heart.
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Saturday 5 November, 2016
At this extremely late stage, there are a lot of unknowns, writes Larry Donnelly.
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