Black cabs and talking walls
‘It was over there that the first policeman was shot at the start of the Troubles, in 1969. He was protestant, shot by protestants. He
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Does intelligent ignorance beat apathy?
Years ago, shortly after I became a card-carrying American, I was working in the Alaskan oil industry. After management training one day, some colleagues were
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