“From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink – greetings!”
– George Orwell, 1984
We are about to enter into a state where every digital step you take is recorded. At the end of March, the Government will introduce the most draconian law [...]

The tagline of a Canadian commenter on DailyKos
Canada - where a pack of smokes is ten bucks and a heart transplant is free.

I wrote a small afterword for Michael Augustine’s latest book in English, Mickle Makes Muckle, translated from the German by Sujata Bhatt and published by Dedalus Press . You can download some of the poems (and my afterword) in pdf, listen to Michael reading from the book at the Dublin launch, and indeed [...]

If you know anyone with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), then this heart-warming story in the Irish Independent sends out a message of hope.
The onset of AMD is due to a deterioration in this pigment made up of lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin (MZ). The new supplement which combats this is undergoing studies at Waterford Institute [...]

Will.i.am and Jesse Dylan — and friends — go for Barack Obama
A pro-Barack Obama “Yes We Can” video making the Internet rounds offers an interesting pairing — Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am and filmmaker Jesse Dylan (son of Bob), plus a raft of celebrities. The inspiration of the video — and its core theme — [...]