Tuesday 21 May 2013
IT is a pity that Professor Stephen Hawking, by choosing to boycott Israel, has allowed himself to become a part of the de-legitimisation of Israel campaign, which associates the Jewish movement for self-determination with racism and the state of Israel with apartheid-like regimes.
IT seems clear to me that many commonplace words/phrases have become extinct.
I VERY much look forward to reading Vicky Pryce's "hard-hitting" book on the costs of keeping women in prison.
I WAS one of the 3.5 million people who tuned in to The Fall – more to see the locations than in any expectation of enjoyment (News, May 15). And so it proved.
IN the latest Together Building a United Community proposals from OFMDFM, there remains very little detail, but also a particular concern that a 'united community' concerns only bringing together Protestants and Catholics. This does not reflect the reality of modern Northern Ireland.
WATCHING the news item of Peter Robinson berating his political opponents, I was grieved to hear him liken the complaints of those whose views he derides to a "tribe of Jeremiahs, who infest the political process".
May God bless Professor Hawking for supporting the academic boycott of Israel, and the disinvestment and sanctions movement – and may his courage and example lead others to stand up and be counted for justice and peace, which includes an Israel entirely at peace and secure within its own borders.
AS a citizen of the Irish Republic, I would like to comment on the campaign regarding the flying of the Union flag.
A PARADOX in our political world means that the more DUP and Sinn Fein politicians actually succeed in co-operating, the more the fear of losing their own support-base grows among them.
ACCORDING to a recent report from Israeli human rights NGO B'Tselem, 167 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military during Operation Pillar of Defense.
DOES Alex Atwood think I should claim money from James Mackies, where I was employed during the worst days of the Troubles, having to cross the peace line daily?
DAILY our TV screens are bombarded with begging for donations for starving children in Africa. But the population of the world is multiplying at a rate which is unsustainable. Surely the answer is to control the rate of population?
HERE are a couple of inconsistencies in the call to boycott Israel's academia. First, the call has not been accompanied by similar calls to boycott US academic institutions, in spite of the treatment of Guantanamo prisoners.
SAVE stamps for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Send to: 14 Kingsnorth Road, Gillingham, Kent, MT8 6QY.
NORTHERN Ireland Deaf Bowling: Larne (April 20) £368; Bangor (April 27) £189.00.
THE amnesty and apology for Irish army deserters who fought the Nazis is welcome – if long overdue (Comment, May 8).
WE have schools which were thrown into chaos by a former education minister, health facilities which were closed by a health minister, a golf course approved on a World Heritage Site by an environment minister and a vastly expensive, non-existent road from a transport minister.
I COMMEND Cardinal Sean O'Malley for boycotting Boston College's commencement ceremony due to the college's decision to bestow an honorary degree on the militant anti-life, anti-Catholic, pro-abortion Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.
THE CBI's call for money tied up in the stalled A5 project to be spent on other roads improvements projects is very welcome. NI Conservatives have been saying for some time that the monies must be reallocated in order to provide lasting benefits.
HUNTER Davies describes how Manchester United radically altered the game off the pitch (Comment, May 10).
Uriah Heep and Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder has died following a battle with cancer, his band said. He was 62.
Army bomb experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a grenade dating back to the early 20th century.
A north Belfast woman accused of conning her elderly mother out of more than £40,000 by forging her signature on cheques broke down in the witness box today (Tuesday) as she tearfully denied defrauding her mother.
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Bolder joined David Bowie's backing band in 1971, appearing on classic albums including Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane. He went on to join Uriah Heep five years later and only stopped playing with the band a few months ago, due to his poor health.
La dolce vita has arrived in Cannes thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.
Dame Judi Dench described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.
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