EA on Dublin NewsTalk: Time for Ireland to Leave the US Behind?
“I looked at the US as the place where I wanted to be. I don’t think that’s true for the younger generations in Ireland today. America has changed.”
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Author: Liam Kennedy
TikTok Goes to War with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
“It was assumed social media usage would reinforce self-absorption over the suffering of others. War in Ukraine – and TikTok – may test that assumption.”
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Why “The Wire” Still Matters in 2022
On the 20th anniversary of the seminal US TV series The Wire, Liam Kennedy explains why the crime drama was significant then — and in 2022.
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Will Ukraine Unite A Divided America? (No.)
“Broad public interest in Ukraine War is not producing a new consensus. Instead, it is mirroring the crisis in American democracy — albeit in skewed way.”
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“We Cannot Stand Aside”: Is There Hope for a “Progressive” Irish America?
“There is little evidence that mainstream of Irish-America supports a reckoning with US racial injustice.” So how can there be a progressive politics?
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“America Is Back”: The Risky Illusion of the “Normal”
“Making a fetish of normalcy is a form of American exceptionalism. ‘America Is Back’ may prove as myopic and delusional as ‘Make America Great Again'”
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