The Irish, an abused people, kicked while they’re down, still get back up. We could take quite a few lessons from the folks who come out of the Emerald Isle. A few have tried to teach us, and as I sit...

I get a lot of weird looks when I tell people I want to be a war correspondent. With raised eyebrows, I get looked up and down, I know what they’re thinking. “How could you be a war correspondent?...