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Yes, the buffoonery and bloviating that comes from the Oval Office can be quite distracting, but there is so much more to running the United States than the antics of the tangerine toddler. The US Houses of Congress creates laws, holds…

On this week's episode of The Suss, Steph and journalist Paulie Doyle talk the biggest stories of the week at home and internationally. There's talk of Sinn Fein TD Carol Nolan leaving the party after her suspension following the Dáil…

Good morning readers. I've no recent or upcoming holiday/event to which I can anchor this introductory paragraph. I'm free falling here. I tried pulling the emergency cord but I forgot to pack a backup paragraph. 1. Workman's Comedy Club…

There was a time when Presidents really were tough; they went to battle in the military, exchanged fire in duels, and fought—with fists—to defend their honour. This, really, wasn’t so long ago. And then there is the 45th President of the…

One of the tree branches I always grabbed hold of while failing to get sober is possibility; that there are so many successful, creative, incredible people who have gotten sober. There was the late writer David Foster Wallace, who got clean…

Hollywood has gotten a lot of mileage out of the old “I’ll create a diversion” trope. Unfortunately, even our silver-screen heroes don’t come close to Washington when it comes to misdirection tactics. Take, for example, President Donald…

Back during the 2016 presidential race, I’d have refused to believe adults would still be using, at the beginning of 2018, the word “Trumpism.” Several things were supposed to happen long before that, one of which involved a certain…

Ah, remember those halcyon days when the President of the United States of America was a humble and well-meaning man of small beginnings? Yeah, me neither, but Barack Obama at least came close. For the entire legacy the Office of its…

In 1993 Spielberg managed the feat of dominating the box office and the awards season with a double whammy of Jurassic Park and Schindler's List. Since then it seems he's attempting the same trick once a decade. In the 2005 he paired Munich…

90 Dubland spews forth. It bubbles up and bursts out of your earphones and it will shake the very core of your immune system. Seal your orifices folks, PJ is burnt out, spilling out and very nearly timing out. So, there's going to be a…