All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

U.S. decline and geopolitics
November 15, 2012, Comments Off on U.S. decline and geopolitics

Baby and the Bathwater: Petraeus and COIN (Open Canada) The superiority of U.S. and western conventional military power ...

Wednesday Night #1602
November 14, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1602

Investigate the FBI The real Petraeus scandal is why the bureau was rummaging around in his private communications in th ...

U.S. 2012 elections varia
November 12, 2012, Comments Off on U.S. 2012 elections varia

In Defense of the Electoral College Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president. 1) Certainty of ...

Québec in 2012
November 9, 2012, Comments Off on Québec in 2012

Andrew Potter: Why majority rule on secession is impossible (Ottawa Citizen via Canada.com) Small infants will grow old ...

Wednesday Night #1601
November 7, 2012, 2 Comments

Thanks to an introduction from Alexandra Greenhill, the evening was enlivened by the arrival of the very engaging Joyce ...

Dr. Rodrigue Tremblay selected writings
November 7, 2012, 4 Comments

Rodrigue Tremblay is a Canadian-born economist, political figure, humanist and professor. He taught economics at the Uni ...

U.S. elections 2012: Obama versus Romney
November 6, 2012, 2 Comments

 The Campaign in Two Minutes – clever montage from CNN Boss Rove By Craig Unger Vanity Fair Letter From Washingto ...

Middle East & Arab World – 9/11 2012
November 2, 2012, 1 Comment

The fallacy of the phrase, ‘the Muslim world’ Western media reinforces stereotypes by reducing a complex set ...

Wednesday Night #1600
October 29, 2012, 1 Comment

With the Great Pumpkin from Singapore       An auspicious anniversary marking 30 years+ of Wednesday Nigh ...

Ukraine
October 29, 2012, Comments Off on Ukraine

CIA World Factbook (BBC via Foreign Policy) Ukraine: Preliminary results from Ukraine’s parliamentary elections on ...

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