Wednesday-Night
Where the world comes together
All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #1716
The furor over Charlie Hebdo has not died down, but the attention of the world is turning this week to two events. But b ...
Climate change, uncertainty & natural disasters 2014
UN & Climate Change Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. Politicians discussing global warming. ...
Islam and Islamists
Reaction to Charlie Hebdo [see I am (not) Charlie] has included wide-spread analysis, commentary and soul-searching by a ...
Wednesday Night #1715
The late-breaking story that Oxford University Press reportedly barred pigs and anything pork-related from children’s ...
Wednesday Night #1714 with Peter Berezin
May the New Year – whether 2015, or the 4712th Chinese year (Year of The Goat), or Anno Mundi AM 5775 – be filled wi ...
Year-end musings and predictions for 2015
It is that time when every media outlet and pundit takes stock of the past year's events and/or makes predictions for th ...
Israel – Palestine/Gaza 2014
Security Council resolution on Palestinian state defeated The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt ...
India 2013 – 2014
India’s Ancient People (Full Documentary) (published December 2013) DC Debate: Narendra Modi’s sudden visit to L ...
Wednesday Night #1713
What an amazing start to the New Year! A surprise visit from the always gorgeous and intrepid Isabelle Ramsay-Bra ...
Turkey 2012 – 2014
Dreams of Kurdistan — A journey through Kurdish identity. (Al Jazeera Magazine) Kurdistan is a kind of dream: an a ...
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The Papacy 2024-
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Donald Trump 2.0 January 2025
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U.S. Economy March 2025-
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U.S.-China relations January 2025-
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U.S. Education May 2024-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…