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Wednesday Night #1557
January 4, 2012, 1 Comment

Our Scribe’s comments: It was an extraordinary evening, remarkably civilized considering the issues discussed, one ...

Wednesday Night #1556
December 28, 2011, 1 Comment

Wednesday Night is, of course, open for business between Christmas and New Year’s – which seems now to have ...

"Forever Tandem" by David and Teresa Jones
December 24, 2011, Comments Off on "Forever Tandem" by David and Teresa Jones

The boy from Scranton meets the girl from Novasibirsk–and they “do diplomacy” for 30 years. “For ...

Wednesday Night #1555
December 21, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1555

Last week we issued a double-header invitation, in consideration for the many in the throes of packing, travelling, or p ...

Wednesday Night #1554
December 14, 2011, 1 Comment

Given that so many are in the throes of packing, traveling, or preparing for incoming family and visitors, we thought it ...

Wednesday Night #1553
December 7, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1553

See exchange on the Middle East with David Oliver & Joumane Chahine With great thanks to Margaret Duthie for her cop ...

Francis H. (Frank) Cabot R.I.P.
December 1, 2011, 1 Comment

(New York Times) Francis H. Cabot, a financier and self-taught horticulturalist who created two of the most celebrated g ...

Wednesday Night #1552
November 30, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1552

The economy has become a national security issue The Euro crisis has taken a turn for the worse. While not our baseline ...

Beatrice Millman (Bea) Bazar R.I.P.
November 26, 2011, 6 Comments

Beatrice Millman Bazar (1914-2009) passed away peacefully on September 28, 2009, just 3 weeks shy of her 95th birthday. ...

Wednesday Night #1551
November 23, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1551

The Report The discussion was enlivened by the arrival of the Greek contingent fresh from the Roundtable Analysis and Di ...

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