Click here to read “A handshake across a chasm of hate” by Kevin Cullen from The Boston Globe on June 23, 2012.
As far as handshakes go, Martin McGuinness pumping the arm of Queen Elizabeth II is one of those “I never thought I’d see that” moments. Not that you will see it. It’s probably going to happen behind closed doors at a charity event in Belfast next week. Still, that it will happen at all is a reminder of how history moves in real time, despite its tendency to repeat itself.