by RuthDE | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, November
Even in these terrible times, there are moments of joy from the Middle East. While Israel struggles for survival, and we mourn direct and indirect victims of the Hamas death cult, Douglas Murray’s online devastating put-downs of ignorance, hypocrisy, groupthink and...
by RuthDE | Nov 25, 2020 | 2020, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, November
I’m not a great fan of Michael D. Higgins, mainly because he sometimes lets his ego and his socialist ideology obtrude grossly on his usually good performance as Irish president — a job which requires him to be above politics. Published: 24 November 2020 For instance,...
by RuthDE | Mar 25, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, March
When such a passionate campaigner as Trevor Ringland gives up hope, it augurs badly, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 25 March 2019 Trevor Ringland wrote on Saturday: “Just after the last Northern Ireland assembly elections I challenged a senior Sinn Fein...
by RuthDE | Mar 14, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, March
Published: 14 March 2019Most law-abiding people in Northern Ireland believe that anyone who committed a crime should be brought to justice – and that the terrible events of Bloody Sunday were inexcusable. What is causing enormous distress is the completely...
