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You asked for it. A comprehensive, fact-laden and intrigue-drenched update on the Irish Water timeline we posted back in January. The original timeline, which began life as a response to some ‘legals’ from you know who and focused on the Siteserv deal...

Oddities, backstories, and other weird things... Human nature During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped. Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented by a Dr. Kellogg in hopes that they would...

This Document is essential reading Download it here Some%20thoughts%20on%20the%20Constitution%20of%20Ireland%20at%2075.pdf 3 The Hon Mrs Justice Susan Denham, Chief Justice ‘Some thoughts on the Constitution of Ireland at 75’ UCD Constitutional Studies...

September 25 In Jewish History 275: Marcus Claudius Tacitus appointed Roman emperor by the senate. By now the Roman Empire was in decline and Emperor’s served at the pleasure of the Army.  In the case of Tacitus, that meant a mere six months.  One of...

From Ian: WSJ Republishes Op-Ed From 1968: ‘The Jews Are a Peculiar People: Things Permitted to Other Nations Are Forbidden to the Jews’ The Wall Street Journal on Thursday republished an Op-Ed, originally printed by the LA Times in 1968, by a non...