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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #2230
A week ago, no-one was predicting the incredibly swift collapse of Syria‘s Assad regime. Anne Applebaum appropriat ...
Notre-Dame de Paris 2017-
Notre-Dame de Paris reopens on Saturday, 7 December 6 December Notre-Dame unveiled (WaPo) As the cathedral reopens, here ...
Hungary 2023-
5-6 December The Shifting Political Tide in Romania and Hungary (Bloomberg) …in Hungary, there’s the prospect of ...
Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.
Herbert Bercovitz One of the pillars of Wednesday Night and our dear friend. Although Herb has been unable to participat ...
Wednesday Night #2229
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on Wednesday 4 December The story of its origins is touching and, appr ...
NAFTA – Three Amigos 2.0
Assessing Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada Joshua P. Meltzer – A tariff-first appro ...
Canada: Energy, environment & climate change 2023-
Guilbeault disappointed as talks to halt plastic pollution end without agreement (Globe & Mail) Canada and 100 othe ...
BRICS 2023-
Russian 2024 BRICS Chairmanship On January 1, Russia was passed the baton of the BRICS chairmanship, an association whic ...
Democrats/progressives 2024 election 21 July-28 November
28 November The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics Joseph Stiglitz The party must return ...
Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin
We were struck by the paucity of references in any media this year to the 22 November anniversary of JFK’s assassi ...
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North Korea/South Korea June 2023-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Democrats/progressives – November 2024
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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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…