Tag: history
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The Green and the Tao: St. Patrick’s Day Through an Irish-American Lens
Today, March 17, 2026, the streets are alive with green. As someone raised Irish in America, St. Patrick’s Day has always been a riot of color, noise, and unapologetic joy—parades thundering down Fifth Avenue, Chicago River turned emerald, shamrocks pinned to every lapel, and pints raised to shouts of “Erin go Bragh!” It’s the one…
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Reflecting on my previous post, I see the extremes in life growing ever wider. This week’s shooting—a catalyst—will send shock-waves that neither the left nor the right can fully grasp. Commentary suggests this is a crystallizing event, shattering the extremes we once knew and pushing them further apart. The left calls for punching more “Nazis”;…
The Half-assed Taoist 