St. Patrick's Day

GWINN: Conor McGregor’s Next Fight Should Be for Prime Minister of Ireland

Finding a better St. Patrick’s Day guest than Irish UFC star Conor McGregor would be hard. The man who represented the “Emerald Isle” by proudly marching into the Octagon draped in his country’s flag became a symbol of pride and hope for an island known for providing more than its fair share of great pugilists over the years.

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‘Know-Nothings’ Legacy Walls Off School Choice

“The Irish are perhaps the only people in our history with the distinction of having a political party, the Know-Nothings, formed against them,” wrote John F. Kennedy in his 1958 book, A Nation of Immigrants. Today, few people realize that the Massachusetts Constitution has two Know-Nothing-style amendments, which still thrust their mid-19th century bigotry into our world.

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