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10 May 2006 Amidst the cacophony of the chattering classes debating the pros and cons of the Conservative budget, Pierre ...

January 18, 2006, Comments Off

18 January 2006 In case you haven’t noticed, we have an election looming. The campaign has not been pretty. We wer ...

January 11, 2006, Comments Off

RECESS IS OVER! Greetings, salutations and obfuscations to all. Trusting that, having duly enjoyed a period of jollity a ...

November 2, 2005, Comments Off

2 November 2005 Hallowe’en is past, but witches, ghouls and ghosts are rampant in the news, howling that the world ...

August 17, 2005, Comments Off

A brief summary of Ralph Nader’s lecture at the Festival citoyen Prologue First of all readers should be warned ...

April 13, 2005, Comments Off

April 13, 2005 Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can, however, be transformed.Energy can neither be create ...

March 16, 2005, 2 Comments

March 16, 2005 Bernard Ebbers It seems only normal that Bernard Ebbers, former C.E.O. of WorldCom, be a topic at Wednesd ...

November 24, 2004, Comments Off

More on Wednesday-Night.com Return of an early Wednesday Nighter Christopher Halsted, a classmate of Marc Nicholson, ret ...

October 6, 2004, Comments Off

Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honorable reci ...

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 ...

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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
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Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Richard Shaw Minturn RIPFebruary 12, 2025
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Diana Thebaud Nicholson on André-Eugène Audet 1939 – 2024 RIPJuly 25, 2024
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Alireza Najafi-Yazdi on Wednesday Night #2210July 21, 2024
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…