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Darfur – A plan
March 22, 2009, 2 Comments

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...

Jon Stewart on business news reporting
March 20, 2009, Comments Off on Jon Stewart on business news reporting

Schott’s Vocab A new blog by Ben Schott on the words and phrases that encapsulate the times in which we live. Cram ...

Wednesday Night #1411
March 18, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1411

A last-minute (but worthy) update from our friend Jim Heffernan, who occasionally blogs on the HuffPost. “Since I ...

Wednesday Night #1410
March 11, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1410

CONGRATULATIONS to the West Wing for reaching their first anniversary. We are very proud of our Vancouver sibling and al ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #12
March 11, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing of Wednesday Night #12

Judging by the flowers in our garden, spring has sprung (hopefully!) and once again it will soon be time for another gat ...

Transition 2008-2009
March 2, 2009, 1 Comment

Editor’s note Although the transition is technically over, we have chosen to continue this page until at least all ...

Wednesday Night #1408
February 25, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1408

With Maureen Farrow, Peter Perkins  (see also Wednesday Night.com) The President’s address to Congress and the na ...

India, Pakistan and the Mumbai massacre
February 23, 2009, 2 Comments

India’s Terror Stance Vexes Obama Amid Voter Ire at Pakistan Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — India’s 670 million voters ...

Wednesday Night #1406
February 11, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1406

See also U.S. economy 2009 T H E  R E P O R T Zero Growth Zero growth is a theory that all economic activities and poli ...

Inauguration January 20, 2009
January 22, 2009, Comments Off on Inauguration January 20, 2009

President Obama Vows Era of Responsibility “Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we re ...

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