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Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson
Post Katrina The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and sc ...
Wednesday Night #1226 – Oil & Katrina
How is it that the richest country in the world, with the largest military budget in the world, does not have the milita ...
Wednesday Night #1225
Incoming Class of 2009 As the media love to remind us every Fall, the incoming university Freshman class does not share ...
Wednesday Night #1224: the Singapore model
Who runs our society? The pithy report delivered by one Wednesday Nighter on Ralph Nader’s recent lecture on civic ...
Ralph Nader on civic action
A brief summary of Ralph Nader’s lecture at the Festival citoyen Prologue First of all readers should be warned ...
Wednesday Night #1222 with Maggie Catley-Carlson
3 August 2005 The Invitation Thanks to our mutual friend, Peter Ratzer , we are delighted to welcome Margaret (“Ma ...
Wednesday Night #1214
With the advent of summer days, would that our world could enjoy a parallel joyous growing season, filled with lush gree ...
Wednesday Night #1210 Steve Poloz & Brian Mitchell
May 11, 2005 As so often happens, events (or the stars) are aligning to ensure an exciting Wednesday Night this week. Wi ...
Wednesday Night #1296 – Omar Aktouf & Kimon Valskakis
April 13, 2005 Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can, however, be transformed.Energy can neither be create ...
Wednesday Night #1202
March 16, 2005 Bernard Ebbers It seems only normal that Bernard Ebbers, former C.E.O. of WorldCom, be a topic at Wednesd ...
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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…