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In This Issue 1996

Brothers in Love

By T.J. English

July/August 1996

July 28, 1996 by Leave a Comment

Irish American director Ed Burns strikes again with his new movie, She's the One. Anyone concerned that director Ed Burns might suffer a sophomore slump after the phenomenal success of his debut movie, The Brothers McMullen, need not worry. His second film, She's the One, is, if anything, a more self-assured piece of filmmaking. As writer, director and star of the movie, … [Read more...] about Brothers in Love

Can This Man Bring Peace?

By Deáglan de Brádún

July/August 1996

July 28, 1996 by Leave a Comment

Deáglan de Bréadún reports on former Senator George Mitchell's efforts to resolve the conflict in the North of Ireland. Dear shadows, now you know it all, All the folly of a fight With a common wrong or right. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time.  Those words of the Irish poet W.B. Yeats referred to an earlier chapter in our national story: an earlier … [Read more...] about Can This Man Bring Peace?

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