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What
Will Be The Consequence
By Robert Roach, Contributing
Columnist
What has happened to our country? The idea that the
government should in general allow the market to work through the excesses
produced by the latest boom appears foreign to almost all political
leaders and opinion makers. (more)
The Shamrock
By Bill Leroy, Contributing
Columnist
Long ago, when Ireland was the land of Druids, a
Christian Bishop known to us now as St. Patrick came to teach the word of
God. Although the origins of the shamrock are lost in antiquity, legend
suggests that it was St. Patrick who plucked a shamrock from Irish soil to
demonstrate the simple (three-in-one) meaning of the Trinity: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. (more)
Saint Patrick's Day
By Bill Leroy,
Contributing Columnist
Saint Patrick's Dayis an annual feast day which
celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland and is
generally celebrated on March 17. The day is the national holiday of
Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in
the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador. In the rest of Canada, Great Britain,
Australia, the United States and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but
is not an official holiday. (more)
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