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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #2132
Jan. 22, 1973: The day that changed America Jan. 22, 1973, was the day Henry Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam ...
Wednesday Night #2131
The annual WEF (Davos) meeting runs this week (16-20 January) under the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’. P ...
The Biden presidency Chapter I
18 January The Coming GOP Inquisition Biden’s classified documents, the “weaponization of the federal government,” ...
Canada’s fighter jet fleet debate
Eight years later 17 January Ottawa will regret purchase of unreliable, unaffordable F-35 fighter jets By Tamara Lorincz ...
Wednesday Night #2130
Peter Berezin is with us and will explain (and defend?) the conclusions of his most recent Strategy Report, encouragingl ...
U.S. Government & governance Speaker of the House
Heather Cox Richardson January 7, 2023 Republican Kevin McCarthy of California won enough votes to become speaker of the ...
Myanmar/Burma January 2020-2023
Myanmar/Burma 2017 – January 2020 Myanmar’s “election” (GZero/Signal) To mark the 75th anniversary ...
Wednesday Night #2129
As Quebecers note (we can hardly say ‘celebrate’) the 25th anniversary of the infamous ice storm, Environmen ...
Canada: government & governance December 2021-December 30 2022
Emergencies Act Canada’s 44th Parliament BILL C-13 – first reading An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, t ...
Vladimir Putin & Russia May-December 2022
Vladimir Putin & Russia 2021-April 2022 The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Putin’s Road to War 30 ...
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U.S. Education May 2024-
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North Korea/South Korea June 2023-
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Democrats/progressives – November 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…