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Dannel Malloy

Connecticut Governor Awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Dannel P. Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, has been awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his advocacy on behalf of Syrian refugees, even welcoming one family into his own home. The prestigious award is named after President Kennedy’s book, Profiles in Courage, and is given annually to public officials who exhibit considerable courage and take a political … [Read more...] about Connecticut Governor Awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award

Climate Change: Getting Serious

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
August / September 2014

July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment

No topic is more controversial right now in American politics than global warming, and California is one of the leading states calling for green initiatives to combat climate change. California governor and Irish American Jerry Brown recently attended a conference in Sacramento, organized by the Foundation of Agricultural Economics, to draw attention to the devastating impact … [Read more...] about Climate Change: Getting Serious

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Thomas Keneally, the Irish Australian author of Schindler’s Ark which would later become Schindler’s List, was born on this day in 1935 in Sydney, Australia. Keneally originally entered St. Patrick’s Seminary in the hopes of becoming a priest but left before he was ordained. He published Schindler’s Ark in 1982, which won him the Booker Prize and the notice of Steven Spielberg.

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