First the American essential reading: Instapundit, Kausfiles, Jeff Jarvis, Daily Kos, Andrew Sullivan, Atrios, Josh Marshall and Kevin Drumm. More personally, read Sheila’s biog just for the brio. Rob at Crab Apple Lane is okay, but his blog tells the story right up to when Katrina hit. There’s also Coalition of the Swilling with some close up stories of the aftermath.
How has Ulster unionism arrived at where it is today – fractured and uncertain, yet dominated electorally by the DUP, a party that tells us it offers unionists sure footing in uncertain times? In his latest book, Ulster’s Last Stand? Reconstructing Unionism after the Peace Process (Irish Academic Press, 2010), Prof. James McAuley from the [...] read our review »