# larry-donnelly - Wednesday 25 May, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly writes about his despair and anger after the most recent school shooting in the USA, in which 19 children were killed.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 6 March, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly writes about President Biden’s speech, which had to undergo a massive edit due to the invasion of Ukraine.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 5 February, 2022
# Regularisation
# Regularisation
Our columnist welcomes the regularisation scheme for undocumented immigrants here and is reminded of Irish people in the same boat in the US.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 13 November, 2021
# Us Off-year Elections
# Us Off-year Elections
Our columnist says Democrats were bruised by recent elections and he now has this advice for both parties…
# larry-donnelly - Wednesday 3 November, 2021
# Virginia
# Virginia
It was expected to be a comfortable Democratic win but became a toss-up in the closing days of the campaign.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# US Politics
# US Politics
Voters in a number of states and municipalities will choose officials to represent them at a range of different levels.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Assessing Biden
# Assessing Biden
Our columnist says Biden is doing OK but has taken a major hit on the back of Afghanistan.
# larry-donnelly - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# EXTRACT
# EXTRACT
In the first chapter of his new book, Larry Donnelly describes how politics ran in the veins of his family.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 28 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our columnist looks at the US President’s handling of Afghanistan, and what the future holds for his administration.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 14 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our columnist reflects on the New York governor’s fall from grace and looks at the career of the woman who will replace him.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 17 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
“I may have misjudged the extent of his capacity for malfeasance, but I have never underestimated the appeal of Donald Trump’s brand of politics,” writes Larry in this week’s column.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 7 March, 2021
# Column
# Column
Amid vaccine optimism, Biden’s tone of caution is not mirrored by the actions of a number of state governors, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 21 February, 2021
# Column
# Column
Trumpism within the Republican party could be here to stay – with or without the man himself – according to columnist Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Column
# Column
Larry Donnelly analyses the new US President’s first few weeks in action.
# larry-donnelly - Friday 29 January, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
This impeachment hinges on the riot earlier this month in the US Capitol building, as Larry Donnelly explains.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Insurrection
# Insurrection
Larry Donnelly reflects on the final days of President Donald Trump’s term.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# Column
# Column
While evaluating why Trump remains so popular, one must examine what is on offer from his foes, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 1 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly’s rational self tells him that Joe Biden will win – but does lightning ever strike twice?
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# US Elections
# US Elections
Donnelly dismays at the polarised and simplistic discussion of politics in the US from all media sources, not just Fox News.
# larry-donnelly - Tuesday 2 June, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly says the Democrats’ surrender to big donor money in the last 30 years has weakened its credibility.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 24 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Donnelly says voters this year will believe in Trump the straight-shooter or Trump the perpetually offended narcissist.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
A spirit of volunteerism – not consumerism – abounds in the US on Thanksgiving, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# LARRY DONNELLY
# LARRY DONNELLY
Huge support for just three Democrat front runners in the race for nomination is unusual, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
How one sees the state of play depends, as ever, on which side of the aisle he is on, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Friday 13 September, 2019
# State Of The Race
# State Of The Race
It was a debate with few shocks and, when the dust settled, the three frontrunnners had solidified their positions, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 8 November, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Given the political realities, Nancy Pelosi must simultaneously do battle and business with President Trump, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Monday 20 February, 2017
# LARRY DONNELLY
# LARRY DONNELLY
Those who say they know what lies ahead – in either country – are either clairvoyant or just plain wrong, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 12 November, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Now that the first shock has abated, TheJournal.ie columnist Larry Donnelly ponders on a world post-Trump victory.
# larry-donnelly - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
# Third Party Candidates
# Third Party Candidates
Larry Donnelly tells us why it’s “undemocratic” that the Republican and Democrat parties have a “mutually beneficial stranglehold” on US politics.
# larry-donnelly - Saturday 5 November, 2016
# USA 2016
# USA 2016
At this extremely late stage, there are a lot of unknowns, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Monday 10 October, 2016
# USA 2016
# USA 2016
Neither candidate is the person to lead America out of crisis, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 8 September, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Those outside the US tend to regard the Electoral College with a mixture of profound suspicion and incomprehension. In truth, it is easier to demystify than, for instance, the myriad nuances of Irish parliamentary elections, writes Larry Donnelly.
# larry-donnelly - Wednesday 18 May, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
He’s been written off thus far, but he’s still around and could become President.
# larry-donnelly - Friday 27 September, 2013
# Academics Say No
# Academics Say No
A total of 27 academics have put their name to a letter in the Irish Times today.
# larry-donnelly - Tuesday 30 July, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
It makes me feel guilty when we talk about race, and I suspect that’s how most white Americans feel, writes Larry Donnelly, who says there is still a way to go yet before racism no longer has a stronghold in America.
# larry-donnelly - Thursday 29 November, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ireland’s rigid party whip system erodes true democracy – and this is never so evident as on the issue of abortion, writes Larry Donnelly.
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