Pat Murphy • Nelson Voice

The American melodrama after Super Tuesday

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 9, 2020

Many smart and highly educated people live in a bubble, and are shocked, shocked when the hoi polloi don’t agree with them

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 1, 2020

Leadership is complicated. Character counts, as do vision, competence, judgment and the ability to persuade or inspire. The PM misses the mark

Posted by Pat Murphy | Feb 24, 2020

Should Sinn Fein come to power, it’ll be interesting to see how they deliver results. Making promises is easy. Getting a job done is different

Posted by Pat Murphy | Jan 29, 2020

The new book Becoming Ronald Reagan details the unlikely emergence of the most consequential Republican conservative of the 20th century

Posted by Pat Murphy | Jan 22, 2020

The classic film takes an unusually nuanced look at the Old West. Heroes aren’t necessarily who you think they are