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The world & the financial crisis
November 30, 2008, 1 Comment

We were glad to be reminded of this wonderful Long Johns clip  about how it all began – laughter truly is the bes ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #9
November 30, 2008, Comments Off on West Wing of Wednesday Night #9

It is Thanksgiving time and not just in the US. For me that is what the holidays are truly about – and this December S ...

Wednesday Night #1394
November 19, 2008, 1 Comment

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of election ...

Wednesday Night #1393
November 12, 2008, 2 Comments

We return to some semblance of normality this Wednesday after last week’s back-to-back evenings, with the happy and hi ...

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias
November 11, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias

This is a very important issue. It happens that in the case of this election, we share the ‘elite, liberal’ ...

Building a Whole Earth Economy, Peter G. Brown
November 8, 2008, 2 Comments

See also Moral Economy Project,  The sustainable economy  and Peter G. Brown With an impending strike at the Gazette, ...

Studs Terkel
October 31, 2008, Comments Off on Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel: He’ll Never Be Silenced Remembering the original guerrilla journalist By Jeff Cohen, director of the Par ...

The Economy – What went wrong & What’s next? II
October 31, 2008, 1 Comment

See Part I of this topic/saga ; The evolving bailout plan ; The world after the (bailout) vote 31 October 2008 Reversal ...

A critique of the Food Mile Perspective
October 30, 2008, Comments Off on A critique of the Food Mile Perspective

We are delighted to hear from former (because they moved to Toronto) Wednesday Nighters Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shi ...

Monbiot: The degradation of intelligence and learning in American politics
October 28, 2008, 1 Comment

The Triumph of Ignorance Why morons succeed in U.S. politics (The Guardian) How was it allowed to happen? How did politi ...

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