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The clustering of professions from which our politicians sprout

AS the woman opened the bedroom door to let the two young doctors in to see her sick husband, one of them put his arm out to halt the other.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2010

Cowen’s popularity cannot be expected to do a three-point turn

YESTERDAY’S Sunday Business Post opinion poll wasn’t that exceptional.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2010

A cautionary tale of a credit card, 50 quid and a call centre smart ass

THE voice on the phone asked if I was me.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2010

The idea of a National Government gets a voice – even if its a croaky one

THE man on the radio had a funny voice. Funny peculiar, rather than funny ha ha.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2010

For the love of God, why not commit that mortal sin called optimism

SOMEWHERE in the last few days, someone pressed the optimism button.

Mon, 04 Oct, 2010

Opinions may be divided, but the Establishment is definitely poleaxed

WEREN’T we given a great choice by those two opinion polls, all the same?

Mon, 27 Sep, 2010

Tough questions have to be asked if we are to nail this Irish mythology

BEFORE we get stuck into the coming week, how about we nail some of the myths that sprouted from the events of last week?

Mon, 20 Sep, 2010

Time will be the judge of good, bad and downright ugly deeds of popes

I TAKE issue with points made on this page last week by fellow columnist Stephen King.

Mon, 13 Sep, 2010

Developing a passion for scrapping this fashion of overstated emotion

THE passion thing is getting to me.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2010

A new era is being ushered in by technology... and a new way to read

IT’S no more than a possibility, but a possibility it is, nonetheless.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2010

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