Ad Watch: Fiscal Expert Says Health Overhaul Adds Costs
Nov 24th, 2009 · June O'Neill says the national debt would grow and the elderly on Medicare would suffer, but her successors at the Congressional Budget Office disagree.
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Novelist Joseph O'Neill Revisits 'Netherland'
Jul 9th, 2009 · Recently issued in paperback, Joseph O'Neill's novel Netherland emerged to immediate acclaim in 2008, and many critics — including Fresh Air's Maureen Corrigan — placed it on a footing with The Great Gatsby.
New Leader Brings New Vision To NOW
Jun 23rd, 2009 · Maryland-based activist Terry O'Neill, 56, is the new President of the National Organization of Women (NOW), the nation's largest women's group. The former law professor was recently elected by members of the organization, which was founded in 1966. In a chat with NPR's Michel Martin, O'Neill explains her vision for NOW and why she thinks women's advocacy groups are still needed.
Author's First Thanksgiving Dinner Not Memorable
Nov 27th, 2008 · Author Joseph O'Neill was born in Ireland and raised in the Netherlands. As part of the series about becoming an American, O'Neill tells Steve Inskeep that his Thanksgivings have been anything but typical American Thanksgivings. In fact, he can't even remember his first Thanksgiving in the United States.
Joseph O'Neill, The New Immigrant Experience ****
Nov 26th, 2008 · Author Joseph O'Neill says the meaning of nationality and nationhood have changed dramatically in the past two decades. He should know: Raised in Holland, the half-Irish, half-Turkish author of Netherland now lives with his family in New York City.
Secrets of the Fruitcake Toss ***
Jan 5th, 2008 · Floyd O'Neil is the coordinator of the 13th Annual Great Fruitcake Toss in Manitou Springs, Colo. Participants decide to hurl their fruitcakes rather than eat them. O'Neil says that one year a team of Boeing engineers lost to a team of Girl Scouts.
That's the Ticket ****
Feb 27th, 2007 · Ed O'Neill works at a Chamber of Commerce in Iowa, where a co-worker told him a story about "some idiot" who had failed to turn in a winning lottery ticket. The story prompted O'Neill to check the numbers on his own lottery ticket. Yep, he was the "idiot." But now he's an idiot with an $800,000 payoff.
Eric O'Neill and Billy Ray Discuss 'Breach' ****
Jan 31st, 2007 · Former FBI Agent Eric O'Neill and Director/Screenwriter Billy Ray have collaborated on the new film Breach. It is based on the true story about FBI operative Robert Hanssen who was found guilty of treason and the FBI agent (O'Neill) who was assigned to Hanssen to draw him out of deep cover.
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