Joe Humphreys
Assistant News Editor at Irish Times
Irish Times journalist, author & producer of @IrishTimes Unthinkable philosophy column #andacyclist. 42 is not the meaning of life but what is?
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5 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Pope Francis was a nice fella, but was he wrong about hope? Diagnosing the problems of the modern world, he argued that what we need more than anything today is belief in a better future. Yet many of the worst actors globally are infused with overconfidence, or excessive optimism. Hope itself appears to have become an impediment to tackling urgent challenges. Action on climate change is weakened by a general hope technology will come to the rescue.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
I’m a cyclist and I’m ashamed to admit it does sometimes give me a sense of moral superiority. It’s not my best trait, but I have had impure thoughts as I sail past long lines of traffic in sunny weather. It feels like karma. The gods are rewarding me for my virtue and punishing the petrolheads. So when a car suddenly encroaches on my space I say: “Don’t you know, I’m a messenger from the gods?
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Poor Donald Trump. Just a week ago he declared only “a stupid person” would turn down a $400 million luxury plane presented to him as a personal gift by Qatari royals. But it seems like he is the stupid one twice over.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
I’ve been staring at a skull for the past month in the hope it positively transforms my life. Not constantly staring at it, I hasten to add. But I’ve placed the plaster-cast cranium that normally gets taken out of storage once a year at Halloween in a prominent spot on my desk so I can see those dark eye-sockets facing me in daily judgment. This is my attempted cure for procrastination.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Joe Humphreys
Bono has got plenty of abuse over a 40-year career straddling pop and politics. So the heat he has been feeling over his stance, or lack of stance, over Israel-Palestine must come as no surprise. The role the U2 frontman played in Northern Ireland politics featured in the recent BBC series Simon Schama’s Story of Us in which the British historian also examined the pressure put on Seamus Heaney to take sides in the Troubles.
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Pope Francis vs Jordan Peterson: Two types of self-help (from the @IrishTimesOpEd #Unthinkable archives) https://t.co/VsvrYXnJ4g https://t.co/J2W3LsC6pS
Three things we give up when we turn away from Catholicism. Reposting for the day that's in it RIP #PopeFrancis https://t.co/bXKhaAUUak https://t.co/YEntgCaMhd
RT @JuliaDavisNews: “You don’t look grateful.” https://t.co/oQuuBeos8V