Michael Brendan Dougherty
author of My Father Left Me Ireland due out this spring. Senior Writer, National Review. Founder of The Slurve
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Europe’s Populists Don’t Look So Healthy Close-Up
Matteo Salvini’s League aside, parties hostile to the European integration project performed about the same as in 2014.
Should Any Late-Term Abortion Be Illegal? Democrats Won’t Say.
Their bill would eliminate almost all limits nationwide.
MercatorNet: ‘My Father Left Me Ireland’—moving, but out of touch with modern Ireland
An unhealthy obsession with the 1916 rising mars an eloquent Irish-American memoir
Michael Brendan Dougherty
A nice but critical review of MFLMI in Mercatornet. mercatornet.com/features/view/…
Can’t help but feel he glanced over a few passages directly addressing his concerns.
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The APA Meeting: A Photo-Essay
The first thing you notice at the American Psychiatric Association meeting is its size. By conservative estimates, a quarter of the psychiatrists in the United States are packed into a single giant…
Beyond May—The Tory Rivals Jostling to Be U.K. Prime Minister
Many Conservatives give Prime Minister Theresa May just days—if not hours—before she quits or is forced out. That’s effectively fired the starting gun for a leadership race that could redefine Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The Claims of the Unborn
The purpose of abortion is to completely extinguish the child’s moral claims on his or her parents.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
@yeselson @RadioFreeTom @willwilkinson @DamonLinker Here's my thought experiment for the pro-choicers. If in the future, we develop a minimally-invasive medical procedure that exfiltrate the conceptus and place it in an artificial womb, should we still have abortions? My guess is your answer is yes.
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How to Hack Politics with Design . . . and How Not To
Hey everybody! Bill de Blasio is running for alderman! Or water commissioner. Or maybe the state legislature as an independent? I dunno. Have a look at this: So you’ve got a guy with a lower net-approval rating than President Trump, an off-putting...
Scientists discover China has been secretly emitting banned ozone-depleting gas
Scientists found that between 40 and 60 per cent of the total global CFC-11 emissions originated from eastern China
America’s Cities Are Unlivable. Blame Wealthy Liberals.
The demise of a California housing measure shows how progressives abandon progressive values in their own backyards.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are parasites. Maybe they should disappear: Senator
Facebook is an addictive digital drug that hurts its users. Researchers even suspect social media of contributing to a surge in attempted suicide.
Disconnecting to spend time with your kids could sabotage your career
Smartphones and laptops act as digital leashes, making us constantly available, even on evenings and weekends. This makes it harder than ever today to strike a work/life balance. Yet even with many companies instituting flexible work arrangements...
Algorithmic Governance and Political Legitimacy
In ever more areas of life, algorithms are coming to substitute for judgment exercised by identifiable human beings who can be held to account. The rationale offered is that automated decision-making will be more reliable. But a further attraction...
Michael Brendan Dougherty
This is quite good. “The algorithm’s role is to preserve the appearance of liberal proceduralism, that austerely fair-minded ideal, the spirit of which is long dead.”
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Michale Brendan Dougherty's New York Launch Speech for "My Father Left Me Ireland"
The following is adapted from remarks Michael Brendan Dougherty gave at The Player’s Club on May 15 for the New York launch of his book, “My Father Left Me Ireland.”
Michael Brendan Dougherty
At the Corner, I’ve posted my remarks from the New York launch of my book at The Player’s Club last week.
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Trump Calls for Inquiry Into Ties Between Biden Family and China
It was the latest in his calls to investigate political rivals. The Bidens have denied any impropriety.
Can the Brits Define ‘Islamophobia’?
A proposed definition of Islamophobia gives relatively few clues about how it would be applied.
True nature of sacrifice revealed
The author was raised by his mother in the U.S.; his father lived a different life thousands of miles away. Book Review / By Jim Rodgers “My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son’s Search for Home”
Why Milkshaking Works
The far right fears nothing more than public humiliation.
When is this gesture not OK?
Some people claim the "OK" sign has turned into a white nationalist symbol. What is behind that?
Yoenis Cespedes takes big step as he continues to work way back to Mets
Yoenis Cespedes was with the Mets Friday in Miami as he met the team while he continues to work his way back from dual heel surgeries. And he just took a big step.