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...that have been attended by 100,000 people. It now issues national ID cards with a computer chip that contains the owner's digital signature. That enables Estonians to gain access to an ever growing range of electronic services, by networked computers and even mobile phones. Sitting in an Irish bar in Tartu, Jagomägi flicks at his phone and accesses the information provided by the school attended by his younger son Vootele, 10. It lists Vootele's schedule, his grades and his absences. Jagomägi scrolls down and clicks on homework. "Monday," it reads. "English: Page...
...wait until March? Celebrate being “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” at Oysterfest 2006, a 4-hour long, Irish-themed extravaganza starring live music from U2 cover band “The Joshua Tree,” pints of cold Guinness (duh), and the yum-tastic bivalve mollusks themselves...
Alice McDermott is one of those writers who take seriously the injunction to write about what you know. The intricately beset realm of Irish Americans in New York City and on Long Island is the world she grew up in. It's that same world she has offered us, newly lighted, examined and even transfigured, in five earlier novels, including Charming Billy, a National Book Award winner...
...Deval Patrick is not a typical Massachusetts politician. He’s neither Irish nor Catholic, but he is the best standard bearer for the Democratic Party and its ideals. He wasn’t born in the Commonwealth, but he understands better than anyone the obstacles that this state’s disadvantaged and working-class youth must overcome in order to succeed. He has never held elected office, yet his success in reaching out to the electorate shows that he’s exactly what we need in our elected officials. Patrick offers both leadership and ideas that...
...exploring “how works of literature and art function within a given society.” Which is excellent, because the courses have equally obtuse subject matter and syllabi. Students might question the ties that bind classes like C-20, “The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga” and C-51, “Revolution and Reaction: The Rise and Fall of the Russian Avant-Garde.” A common theme seems to be the study of how a specific kind of art worked in a specific historical epic, how it was influenced...