Published inthehighhorsePower to the people: you are meaningless!Kevin Power is assistant professor of literary practice at the Oscar Wilde Centre, School of English, Trinity College Dublin. He is also a…Mar 25Mar 25
Published inthehighhorseThe autocrats’ ragtime band: Trump, Hitler and GodwinIt is by co-incidence rather than design that I am drawing on National Public Radio’s This American Life for the second time in a month to…Mar 18Mar 18
Published inthehighhorsePump, dump, chump, jumpMy three years with Ireland’s embassy in Washington DC during the 1980s generated an enduring affection and respect for National Public…Mar 11Mar 11
Published inthehighhorseVance’s venal vanitiesPress freedom is defined as the ability of journalists as individuals and collectives to select, produce, and disseminate news in the…Mar 4Mar 4
Published inthehighhorseLove is all you need.I am too old and complacently installed in a contented marriage for the specific significance of Saint Valentine’s Day to set my heart…Feb 25Feb 25
Published inthehighhorseIs America’s wealth also its health?Perhaps because of the blizzard of coverage that followed President Trump’s announcement on 4 February of his “plan” for Gaza and its…Feb 18Feb 18
Published inthehighhorseOvations and bloviationBack Story is an anonymised regular column in the Culture section of The Economist. The column in the edition of 9 January appeared under…Feb 11Feb 11
Published inthehighhorsePaschal Donohoe: pacemaker or plodder?I do not know where Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, gets the time to read the books or write the reviews of them that…Feb 4Feb 4
Published inthehighhorseGreenland’s green, white and pleasant landCharlemagne is the soubriquet assigned to The Economist’s anonymous columnist on European politics and society. In his first column of…Jan 28Jan 28
