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August 3, 2011, 3 Comments

It’s pretty scary out there. If you look at the historical data, every single time that growth has dipped below 2% ...

December 1, 2010, Comments Off

A magnificent and unanticipated pleasure! By Prof. Guy Stanley The Italian historian Benedatta Craveri remarks in l’Â ...

June 18, 2008, Comments Off

Photos and More on Wednesday-night.com Terry & David Jones, the consummate diplomats, are with us from Washington ...

October 10, 2007, 5 Comments

Tar Sands At one time, the supply of fossil fuels appeared virtually endless. It was probably Marion King Hubbert who, i ...

April 4, 2007, Comments Off

4 April 2007 Please let us know if you can be with us – we need to hide the Easter eggs! As we hear the hippity ho ...

March 7, 2007, 4 Comments

The Wednesday Night Silver Anniversary Diana’s version Prologue Jeremy Jonas’ brief account sums up a remark ...

September 8, 2004, Comments Off

8 September 2004 Bits and pieces One guest commented on the cost of putting up a client at the Ritz in London where the ...

December 17, 2003, Comments Off

Born in England, educated in Scotland at Kelvinside Academy and Glasgow University. First degree in Honours Physics. Sta ...

June 12, 2002, Comments Off

More on Wednesday-Night.com David started the evening by showing some entertaining video footage of Susan Eyton-Jones an ...

November 21, 2001, Comments Off

For much more, see Wednesday-Night.com The subject was publishing, and the place was chockablock with the Montreal liter ...

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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
July 31, 2023, 3 Comments
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
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Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
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I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
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Christopher Goodfellow Hard to believe a lifetime has passed and Montreal the once great world city, gateway to North America,…