In his great speech in 1775 on Conciliation with America, Edmund Burke concluded that the best way to change the stubborn spirit that was generating trouble was to remove the causes.  It is a welcome sign that this has been the basis for reconciliation between the Republic of Ireland and the U.K.  It should be seen as a model and show the path to full reconciliation in Northern Ireland. This was shown at the demonstration on March 27, 2016 of thousands attending in Dublin the official commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule during which more than 450 people, half of them civilians and 40 children, were killed during the week of fighting.  This time an Irish military parade passed the exact spot, the General Post Office, where the rebellion began.  It was also the place where, on Easter Monday, the Irish Proclamation had been read by the poet and revolutionary Patrick Pearse. The rising was a military failure, and Pearse and other leaders...(Read Full Article)