Person: Henry David Thoreau

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home and outdoors

Damien Enright: Great writers took inspiration from walking

As landlords’ enclosures of villages and commonages during England’s industrial revolution drove landless countrymen into the maws of the poet William Blake’s “dark Satanic mills”, a romantic nostalgia for the countryside began to grow.

Bankruptcy - Business Person holding an empty wallet

ourview

Unemployment statistics: Too many still struggle with poverty

The American philosopher Henry David Thoreau once observed that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”.

general

GAMETECH: Walking in a Walden wonderland

Walden, The Game, might sound like a joke, but it’s happening, writes Ronan Jennings

Occupation of Apollo House: Disobedience delivers for the homeless

general

If you love chopping wood, these books are for you

farming

Take a walk on wild side of Ireland

JFK nephew backs conspiracy theory

Robert F. Kennedy Jr is convinced that a lone gunman was not solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and said his father believed the Warren Commission report was a “shoddy piece of workmanship”.

Sat, 12 Jan, 2013

An ideal time for park nuts

THERE are nuts in every park.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2011

Gung-ho candidate kills for kudos

Damien Enright takes aim at Palin’s moose-killing boasts

Mon, 22 Sep, 2008

Eagles sell signed guitars for charity

Rock veterans the Eagles have teamed up with US stores Wal-Mart and Sam's Club to raise money for charity by selling a limited number of autographed guitars.

Sat, 24 Nov, 2007

Making the most of leisure time and work is a delicate balancing act

TODAY is work/life balance day. You may not thank me for bringing it to your attention. Because ‘work/life balance’ is a concept we all feel we should feel warm towards. But the very phrase bores us rigid.

Mon, 01 Mar, 2004

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