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Crossing the Divide in Northern Ireland
The Good Friday agreement of 1998 represented a watershed moment in the history of Northern Ireland. In a country long reeling with internal conflict between Catholics and Protestants, the move represented a long awaited vote for peace. Still, many problems remain, and since the agreement violence has flared up again and again. In spite of a move toward peace, the country is still rife with distrust and enmity and is, essentially, divided.
A Strange New Journalism
"We were somewhere near Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive . . .' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals!?' "
Historical Labyrinths in the Kweekskool
The thin oak branches silhouette against a clean winter sky. The pock of bat on ball echoes in the morning air. The large white fortress seams peaceful, hiding behind its walls the countless mysteries of relics and a stairway leading nowhere, or maybe to heaven.
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