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News and Analysis LATEST NEWS Date Posted: 2021-01-16 The political philosophy of Jesus is a profoundly reactionary message which fails to provide any practical scheme for the good of society.  Date Posted: 2020-12-28 Is it wise to name a hurling club after an INLA hunger striker?  Date Posted: 2020-12-17 If you are born a Protestant in Northern Ireland the chances are that you will grow up in the midst of a col- lection of ideas and values that, to put it mildly, lie on the right-wing of the political spectrum.  Date Posted: 2020-07-17 A new study reveals that the choice of local study in GCSE history is made largely on tribal lines  Date Posted: 2020-07-06 The crisis has exposed the unfitness to govern of Trump, Bolsonaro and Johnson  Date Posted: 2020-07-01 Ireland has a mixed record, with both supporters and opponents prominent in modern history  Date Posted: 2020-05-02 The Humanist Challenge to Current Inhumane Ideas  Date Posted: 2020-05-01 Eamon Murphy argues that a universal basic income (UBI) has many advantages in the modern age. The idea is gaining momentum, with pilot projects in Finland and in the Netherlands currently in progress.  Date Posted: 2020-03-03 Blasphemy is still punishable by death in 6 countries and expressing atheism is punishable by death in 13.  Date Posted: 2017-06-20 A SIGNIFICANT political phenomenon today is the resurgence of autocracy. The defeat of fascism in 1945 ended a period of dictatorship in parts of western Europe, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 weakened a longer period of the same in the East. There was talk of the end of history as liberal, co-operative, peaceful, secular democracy appeared to be the model for countries everywhere. Alas, reports of the death of dictatorship have been greatly exaggerated. |
