It’s hard to resist the sense that, deep down, I’m a loser
Unthinkable: Toxic positivity may be exacerbating a sense that we’re losing in life
What did you do if you were young, Irish and idealistic 60 years ago? Join the missions
Unthinkable: Irish missionaries have left an example of positive evangelisation, even if we are seeing the last of them
The next president should be selected by lottery. It could be you
Unthinkable: In an era when crooks and despots cling to power at all costs, Ireland could model a different type of democracy by picking a president at random
We like to romanticise Ireland’s past, but too much remembering could be bad for us
Unthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribe
The Gaelic philosopher who wrote ‘one of the most influential books of our time’
Self-help books spoon-feed us ‘lessons for life’. But are we inspired to ask better questions?
Maybe we shouldn’t be quite so smug about Trump’s tariffs
Unthinkable: Moral superiority in Ireland over ‘populist’ uprisings in the US and UK ignores how we’ve become slaves to global capital
Forget hope. Be a hopeful pessimist instead
Unthinkable: Hope is not a strategy when it comes to tackling urgent challenges like climate change
How to avoid road rage and cyclist superiority
Unthinkable: We should think more about the consequences of actions and less about perceived character flaws in others
Why Donald Trump is stupid to accept Qatar’s gift of a luxury jet
Unthinkable: Socrates said immorality is the result of ignorance - Trump is proof of that
I tried an ancient cure for procrastination for a month. It was grim
Unthinkable: Various philosophers advocate ‘attaining a deep awareness of death’s possibility at any moment’
Was Bono morally wrong to accept a US medal of freedom? It’s not that simple
Unthinkable: There may be lessons from Northern Ireland in responding to the horrors of the Middle East
Don’t dismiss Peig Sayers. Her stoic folk wisdom has plenty to offer today
Unthinkable: Ireland has been transformed economically, but the sense that everything could go pear-shaped overnight remains
Could there be good reason to believe in life after death?
Unthinkable: Philosopher David Berman claims to have unearthed ‘evidence’ for believing in an afterlife
The ‘death drive’ exists in all of us
Unthinkable: Psychoanalysis suggests each one of us has a ‘death drive’, calling us to self-destruction
The 80/20 rule of dating is nonsense. So why do so many people believe it?
Unthinkable: As technology advances, the risk of drawing over-simplistic conclusions from statistics will grow