Siobhan Brett

2 months ago | thecurrency.news | Siobhan Brett

Money, money, money. By midweek last week, the leading headlines of each of the major American newspapers had cash in common. Gone, at least temporarily, the hand-wringing over other popular themes: autocracy, authoritarianism and fascism. Dizzy speculation regarding the fate of democracy or the fate of the union itself had to take a backseat. What exactly defines a “coup”? We’ll have to come back to that. Would that it were for a good reason.

Feb 13, 2025 | independent.ie | Siobhan Brett

‘Hippy dippy’ types have made strange bedfellows with anti-vaxxers under the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agendaTallow was neither a word nor a substance I often encountered growing up, if I encountered it at all. These days, however hard I try, I can’t seem to get away from the hard fat of grazing animals. A friend tells me about a new balm that has transformed her skin like nothing ever has (“Why are people smearing beef fat on their face?” I will later hear the public radio station NPR ask).

Nov 2, 2024 | thecurrency.news | Siobhan Brett

When it comes to the running of the country, to the fate of the nation, a lot of people in America feel as though nothing matters any longer. Not the polling. Not the debates between candidates, whether they are subjected to real-time “fact checks” or not. Not the fantastical policy proposals. Not the endless stumping, with Clintons, Obamas, Hulk Hogan and others flanking either side, not the endorsements (even by Taylor Swift!), nothing.

Oct 22, 2024 | independent.ie | Siobhan Brett

The prospect of Green hopeful Jill Stein taking votes from Kamala Harris has scared the Democrats into making an ad attacking her but the two-party system seems unbreakable“Voting your values has never been easier!” This strained bit of electioneering was emblazoned across leaflets for Jill Stein of the US Green Party at a recent event in Portland, Maine.

Oct 17, 2024 | independent.ie | Siobhan Brett

The former and perhaps future US first lady's characterisations of her husband Donald Trump cannot be read without scoffingReaders may not wish to know about the process of procuring a copy of Melania on the outskirts of an American city but — in the style of the memoir itself, throughout which meals are made of everything (and nothing) — here’s a brief account.