Archive for December, 2011

Vaclav Havel, R.I.P.
December 23, 2011, Comments Off on Vaclav Havel, R.I.P.

Vaclav Havel, Dissident Playwright Who Led Czechoslovakia, Dead at 75 by: Dan Bilefsky and Jane Perlez, The New York Tim ...

Wednesday Night #1555
December 21, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1555

Last week we issued a double-header invitation, in consideration for the many in the throes of packing, travelling, or p ...

Mortality and politics
December 19, 2011, Comments Off on Mortality and politics

Background: Thailand’s succession As father fades, his children fight Behind the present unrest in Thailand lie fa ...

World Hunger 2011
December 19, 2011, Comments Off on World Hunger 2011

AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growt ...

Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011
December 16, 2011, Comments Off on Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011

In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 (Vanity Fair) Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful r ...

China & human rights
December 16, 2011, 1 Comment

Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China ; Human Rights Watch ; Amnesty International Kilgour and ...

Media matters 2011
December 15, 2011, 1 Comment

See Wednesday-Night.com Media Notes ; also The News of the World and the Murdoch empire 2011: Media Deaths and Births (T ...

Wednesday Night #1554
December 14, 2011, 1 Comment

Given that so many are in the throes of packing, traveling, or preparing for incoming family and visitors, we thought it ...

Québec in 2011
December 14, 2011, Comments Off on Québec in 2011

Dossier Cyberpresse: Crise au Parti québécois Plan Nord The Plan Nord is the project of a generation. It first offered ...

Social unrest in 2011
December 14, 2011, 5 Comments

Time names ‘The Protester’ as Person of the Year Dissenters ‘redefining people power’ around the ...

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