Over the last number of years I’ve been terribly lazy when it comes to exercising. Which if you knew me when I was younger would be a surprise; I was a jock in every sense of the word. My sport… Read More ›
Month: April 2019
It starts with a conversation
Debates surrounding climate change or global warming have come to a head. Over the last number of days the group called the Extinction rebellion (XR) have been protesting in different countries from the UK to New York in the hopes… Read More ›
Pothole politics
Ireland is having a local election soon. And I have no one I want to vote for. The strangest thing I have found about my local representatives is that it doesn’t matter who is voted in, the party that the… Read More ›
Quick blog: between writing
A quick reflection on life.
Introduction to Political Philosophy
Currently doing the Yale open courses online from here. This entry is looking at Socratic Citizenship: Plato, Crito. I’m not presenting my own interpretations an I’m largely piecing together information from different sources none of it my own work. I will… Read More ›
Quick blog
Hardest thing I’ve started writing is a children’s book. What started out as easy has reached a stage that feels more like wading through mud than flowing water. And yet I am enjoying the challenges that come along with writing… Read More ›
The divisiveness of WikiLeaks
Journalism confuses me to no end, and the Julian Assange arrest exacerbates the debate of what is journalism. For clarity I am a mature student studying journalism, I have recently deferred my final year because of personal reasons. I’ve only… Read More ›
Looking in from the outside: Student media awards
I find the world of journalism strange, more so the journalism of today. Journalism of the past was built on the foundations of holding those in power in check, journalist were used to be a “ragtag” group of misfits”, as… Read More ›
Rob reads: interesting articles
Men paid 9.9% more than women With just hours to go before the deadline for UK companies to report their gender pay data, the latest figures show that men are paid on average 9.9 per cent more than women in… Read More ›
The problem with feminism
There is an interesting story surrounding the patronage of Athens and it goes like this: Under the reign of Cecrops, men and women could vote equally. Society in Athens at that time was sexually freer. This freedom was undermined when… Read More ›
Robert Geoghegan. 