|
|
 |
|
You are > Home > TP O'Mahony |
Lies and hypocrisy is mind-boggling
Thursday, August 14, 2008
ALL governments lie - and big governments tell big lies. One of the biggest was about the dropping of the atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
more >
The long and varied history of the bra
Thursday, July 31, 2008
SOMETIMES courts can surprise us. Pleasantly. The recent decision by a US Appeal Court to throw out a $550,000 fine against CBS for screening Janet Jackson’s "wardrobe malfunction" during the 2004 Super Bowl is a case in point.
more >
Decision due on breach of privacy
Thursday, July 24, 2008
SOME years ago in a bookshop in London’s Soho district, I bought a book entitled SM: The Last Taboo.
more >
The politics of sport is fair game
Thursday, July 17, 2008
THERE are times when I am reminded that we need to keep sport in perspective.
more >
Church has lost the debate on contraception
Thursday, July 10, 2008
FORTY years ago this month a 32-page document from Rome caused a tsunami of controversy and protest unmatched in its scale and intensity since the publication of the Communist Manifesto in 1848.
more >
Why ageism is a grey area in the world of today
Thursday, July 03, 2008
IN a recent interview with a leading US women’s magazine, the actress Jamie Lee Curtis talked frankly about her futile efforts to stave off the encroachment of age.
more >
The naked truth about modern Ireland
Thursday, June 26, 2008
EROS is alive and well and living in Ireland. The photograph used the other day on the front page of the Irish Examiner is yet another index of this.
more >
Mrs Clinton is nothing if not resilient
Thursday, June 19, 2008
SIX months ago I genuinely believed the American TV series Commander in Chief had a providential message.
more >
Lipstick feminism in Sex and the City
Thursday, June 12, 2008
I TEND to have a built-in resistance to films that are greatly hyped in advance of their release.
more >
Earth calling whoever might be listening
Thursday, June 05, 2008
THE excitement generated the other day by the spectacular images from Mars, beamed back to Earth by the Phoenix Mars Lander, helped to rekindle again our fascination with the planets, and also the question: Are we alone in the Universe?
more >
|
|
|
|
