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Editorial / Periscope - Niall O'Dowd

Bringing it Back Home
DUBLIN — Over 400 delegates attended the second annual U.S.-Ireland Forum hosted at University College Dublin this year which was yet another extraordinary success.

Hope for Reform

THE victories by President-elect Barack Obama in states such as Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida sent a strong signal about the extraordinary role that the Hispanic vote played in this election.

A Night to Remember

IT is doubtful The Economist magazine has many subscribers in Harlem, but the black man selling copies on the corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard was doing a roaring trade on Election Night.

A Black Camelot

PRESIDENT-elect Barack Obama has certainly capsized the stars. By becoming America’s first African American president he has sent a shockwave across the world that shows little signs of subsiding.

Reform Still on the Map

THERE were over 100 present at the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) meeting in the Bronx on Tuesday evening, October 21. It was a fine crowd considering the midweek night, and the level of interest in immigration reform is still clearly very

Bloomberg’s Big Move

MICHAEL Bloomberg has been an excellent mayor of New York City since 2002, but whether that entitles him to ride roughshod over the term limits bill, which was passed some years ago in 1993, is debatable indeed.

Stars of the South

ATLANTA — Haley Kilpatrick is an exceptional young woman. When she was 15 years old she founded Girl Talk at her high school in Albany, Georgia.

Hard Times

THE worldwide economic slump has hit Ireland hard, given the fact that it is the most open European economy and therefore most affected by international recessions.

Isle of Dreams

DUNQUIN, Co. Kerry — Mike Kearney is 87 years old, yet looks 20 years younger. He lives in Springfield, Massa-chusetts nowadays, by all accounts an ordinary but yet extraordinary man.

Obama for President

THESE are the worst of times. A recession verging on depression, an unpopular war, huge deficits and a deeply unpopular president have all combined to make Americans restless for dramatic change as successive surveys have found.

A Little Bit of Heaven

SOUTH BEND, Indiana — Sometimes a place can feel like heaven on Earth. Notre Dame on a cool fall football weekend comes pretty close.