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Articles by Richard L. Foley
Veterans: Australia’s most devalued and forgotten
In Australia, we do a damn poor job of looking after our veterans. This Anzac Day, can we just admit it? Take this nightmare case from my patch of the world. For more than 18 years, veterans in the Riverina have been raising serious concerns. They’ve been met with silence.
Here in Riverina, I’m taking the fight to the uniparty
I’ve spent my life in regional Australia. I’ve never seen the political landscape as broken as it is right now, especially in Riverina. More and more people tell me they can’t tell the difference between Labor and the Nationals anymore. Frankly, I don’t blame them. Both major parties seem more interested in looking after Canberra lobbyists and corporate donors than the people they’re supposed to represent.
Walter at Pearl Harbor
Walter at Pearl Harbor ◄►◄►▲▼ • B My father Walter “was at Pearl Harbor.” Almost everyone in Youngstown, Ohio, back in 1941 soon knew about that. He had been a football star at Struthers High before turning down more than a half-dozen scholarships to Big Ten powerhouses. Instead, he enlisted in the Navy and forwarded the better part of his pay to support his father, mother, and five younger siblings, struggling through the Depression.
Richard Foley: December 7, Then and Now
My father Walter “was at Pearl Harbor.” Almost everyone in Youngstown, Ohio, back in 1941 knew him. He had been a football star at Struthers High before turning down more than a half-dozen scholarships to Big Ten powerhouses. Instead, he enlisted in the Navy and forwarded the better part of his pay to support his father and mother, and five younger siblings, struggling through the Depression.
The cost of war
Much has happened since the series of deadly events on September 11, 2001 that terrified Americans and kept us all glued to our television sets for days on end when 2,977 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were injured.
UK government drops use of ‘BAME’
The UK government will no longer use the term ‘BAME’ to refer to different ethnic minority groups within society, it has confirmed. The government said it was acting on a recommendation from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities as it strives to “report responsibly on race”. ‘BAME’ is an acronym that has been used to collectively classify people of black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Pinsent Masons Tops Law Firm Brand Index 2021
Senior in-house counsel have ranked multinational law firm Pinsent Masons their most favoured legal brand in the UK. The Thomson Reuters UK Law Firm Brand Index is a global legal market study based on the views of over 400 senior in-house counsel who have responsibility for buying UK legal services in organisations with revenues of $50m and above.
Pinsent Masons named as one of Stonewall's Top Global Employers 2020
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has been recognised as a leading lesbian, gay, bi and trans employer by LGBT charity Stonewall in its Top Global Employers Index 2020 for the fifth consecutive year. The firm, which made its debut on the Global Workplace Equality Index (WEI) in 2016, is one of 17 organisations to be included. The index showcases employers which uphold inclusive values globally and have made progress towards LGBT equality.
Richard Foley answers questions on the culture of research in academia
Due to current political climate, questions on funding, and dwindling enrollment size, academia has never been as challenged as it is today. Richard Foley, a philosopher and former dean, pushes back against these critiques. He spoke to Oxford University Press editor, Peter Ohlin, on why the arts, humanities, and sciences research should be celebrated.
Richard L. Foley - Hampshire Review: Obituaries
Born in Cumberland and raised in Green Spring, He graduated from West Virginia University (BSEE) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BCE). He was both a civil and electrical engineer with a Professional Engineering License from the State of New York. He made a huge difference in this world and in all who knew him. He served during three wars, including two tours in Vietnam as Commanding Officer of Seabee Battalion MCB3.
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