The Divided States of America
Sam Golden discusses the nature of the US’s relationship with borders- from state lines, to city limits to the upper echelons of the Supreme Court. Border is a term that is as controversial as it is ambiguous. From our own historical issues with the term on the isle of Éire to hundreds of disputes of […]
A COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: AMERICA’S AGEING PRESIDENCY
“Age will flatten a man,” said the aging Sheriff Bell in the Coen brothers’ McCarthy-inspired and Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men. Maeve McTaggart explores why it hasn’t suppressed the chances of the 2020 Presidential candidates, but instead inflated them. Donald J. Trump assumed the presidential seat in the Oval Office ahead […]
The Not-So-Lonely Planet
GTFO: Get Stuck Into Your Year Abroad by Getting the F*ck Out Siri tells me loneliness is a sadness due to lack of company, or being isolated, and while my semester abroad was academically engaging, it was a lonely one, something that seems to be a common thread on the UCC Confessions Twitter. UMaine […]
Not-So Lonely Planet: Erasmus (Not Always) Orgasmus
This article has changed its tone and gone through a romance of its own since I first left for the USA in August last year. I started out as a hopeless romantic, but with editing became more cynical about the trials and tribulations of long distance love. Many people leave for their international […]
Trump’s 2020 chances: a Lie or a Landslide?
Molly Kavanagh looks at the odds of a second term for America’s 45th President, preparing us for the fact that if 2016 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. The United States 2020 presidential election is less than one year away. The general consensus one year prior to the 2016 election […]
Ain’t that a Peach – have the Democrats made a mistake?
Matthew Moynihan evaluates the consequences of the impeachment of President Donald Trump for the Democratic party and the campaign of Joe Biden – are they playing a losing game? On September 24th, amidst a suitably muted and sombre press briefing in Washington D.C. out strode House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to deliver some of […]