@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] Hubris. Melodrama. Scheming and screaming. Refusal to accept one’s errors. Refusal to accept defeat. No, I’m not referring to South American football teams — although, all the above do apply to...
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@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Much of the world appeared to breathe a collective sigh of relief when Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States of America. After four crazy years of Donald J. Trump, calm has been...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan As much as some may wish it wasn’t so, the person — nay man as it has been and looks set to be for at least another four years — calling the shots in the White House exerts global significance. So while there will be those outside the USA, and even a small number […]
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan Many people still don’t seem to get it. Or they wish it wasn’t so in any case. Basically, a significant reason US President Donald Trump proved to be — and still proves — popular across Middle America, away from the east and west coast echo chambers...
Continuar leyendo@radiobrendan It’s been quite a year so far. In the sporting world, people have called it the ‘year of the underdog’. The biggest representation of that was Leicester City Football Club’s remarkable triumph in England’s Premier League; from 5000-to-1 outsiders to top dog in the space of nine months. You also had unheralded Iceland, with […]
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