Yes, Easter is largely a festival of chocolate. No, that’s not anti-Catholic bias
Catholics are not being persecuted in Ireland but Christian teaching is being ignored - and that’s a pity
Four stories that Albert Camus might choose to tell if he were alive today
Author’s speech 80 years ago, on how ideology is used to excuse or celebrate death, feels suddenly current
Depressed by the news? Be a ‘happy warrior’ - and other tips to raise hope
A warning to pessimists: This column is ‘a no-moan zone’
Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signalling
Unthinkable: Committing publicly to a moral standpoint can change you for the better, or the worse
In Ireland, we’ll talk about anything except the meaning of life
Unthinkable: The voice of the Catholic Church in Irish education should be commended for raising the question of ‘purpose’
A judge says Enoch Burke has ‘free will’. But is that true of any of us?
Unthinkable: Some tips for anyone who feels their thoughts are being polluted by their smartphone, a mad king or even an overbearing parent
The Leaving Cert points race crushes open-ended dialogue
Dropping ‘risky’ ideas from the curriculum is bad for students
Six qualities make you cool, according to science. Trying too hard isn’t one of them
There’s a lesson here for politicians or political analysts who put great store in image management
Netflix recommendations, IQ scores and Duolingo streaks: the top 5 most useless metrics
Unthinkable: Not all rankings are worth paying attention to, but here’s one that is
Why Donald Trump has the mind of a cat
Making sense of the 47th US president is not easy, but a 17th century philosopher could have the answer
Hate growing old? This advice will help you navigate it
Advice from philosophers, including don’t stop playing, and don’t over-invest in your children
Eoin Lenihan’s Vandalising Ireland proposes an idiosyncratic new direction for Ireland
Unthinkable: We’re all anti-globalist now: an idea of the left has became a rallying call of the right
The chatbot will see you now: is this the future of Irish medicine?
Evidence of AI progress is mounting whereas humans ‘haven’t had a software update in 200,000 years’
Culture wars have come for Dublin’s Winter Lights festival
Posts on X are channelling rage at the wokerati accused of being out to ban Christmas
Dreading Christmas dinner with your family? You may be an otrovert
Psychiatrist Rami Kaminski has identified a new ‘personality style’ but is it just a pleasing label for stubborn individualists?