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BY R. J. DONOVAN
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Karola Ruth Siegel was born in Wiesenfeld, Germany in 1928. Not too many years later, she watched as her father was dragged off by the Nazis. With hundreds of other children, she was shipped off, alone, to an orphanage in Switzerland. She never saw her parents again.
BY JAMES W. DOLAN
SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER
What has happened to our once glorious republic? After surviving a civil war, we managed to heal the wounds and move on to what would become the American century. It now seems to be eroding under the leadership of a demagogue whose moral compass is a mirror. Whatever serves his interest is good and any challenge to his enormous ego is evil.
BY JOE LEARY
SPECIAL TO THE BIR
Britain’s long, boring, argumentative journey toward separation from Europe will be remembered for centuries. It will not be a proud moment in its history.
So far the process has been a mess. Massive egos, with their own agendas, have interrupted discussions and negotiations. British leaders have tried to set the terms of their leaving and the European leaders are not responding to the British demands.
After 170 years, a memorial on Deer Island to the ‘An Gorta Mor’ refugees
who perished in quarantine at the edge of Boston to be dedicated on Memorial Day weekend
BY PETER F. STEVENS
BIR STAFF
Getting to the Point with Daniel Mulhall, Ireland's Ambassador to the United States
Join the Kennedy Institute for breakfast and conversation with Ambassador Mulhall.