All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

ISIS/ISIL 2013-14
December 30, 2014, Comments Off on ISIS/ISIL 2013-14

Alastair Crooke: You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia The dr ...

Canada in 2014
December 30, 2014, Comments Off on Canada in 2014

Bill C-60: Tories Quietly Taking Control Of CBC, Group Alleges The Harper government is quietly seizing greater control ...

Russia in 2014
December 30, 2014, 4 Comments

Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Spared Prison in a Fraud Case, but His Brother Is Jailed (NYT) Hours after being spare ...

Douglas Robertson R.I.P.
December 30, 2014, 1 Comment

ROBERTSON, Douglas Christian March 15, 1937 – December 26, 2014 It is with great sadness that the family of Douglas Ro ...

New Year 2015 Greetings
December 30, 2014, 1 Comment

We have been remiss in sending greetings, and therefore must apologize for the length of this message. 2014 as a library ...

U.S. Foreign Relations in 2013 – 2014
December 29, 2014, 1 Comment

Kevin Drum: Obama’s Foreign Policy: Frustrating, Perhaps, But Better Than Most of the Alternatives (Mother Jones) ...

Iraq 2008-2014
December 25, 2014, Comments Off on Iraq 2008-2014

Amnesty International Iraq Crisis ISIS/ISIL The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?–– The legac ...

The Papacy 2013 -2014
December 20, 2014, 2 Comments

2014 27 December Pope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches Pontiff hopes to inspire ac ...

Canada and Indigenous Peoples
December 19, 2014, 1 Comment

19 December The accidental journalist: Wab Kinew emerges as contender to host Q (Globe & Mail) He has already replac ...

U.S. government & governance 2013-2014
December 18, 2014, Comments Off on U.S. government & governance 2013-2014

See also U.S. Government Shutdown 2013 Here’s All You Need To Know About The State Of The Union Address (AP) — S ...

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