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June 7, 2006, Comments Off

7 June 2006 Writer’s block is the phenomenon in which a writer temporarily loses the capability to continue writin ...

May 7, 2006, Comments Off

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

January 25, 2006, Comments Off

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

January 11, 2006, Comments Off

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

December 21, 2005, Comments Off

More on Wednesday-Night.com Welcome to this year’s pre-Christmas/Channukah Wednesday Night. In the spirit of the s ...

October 1, 2005, Comments Off

By David Zweig and Bi Jianhai Foregn Affairs September/October 2005 Summary: Chinese foreign policy is now driven by Chi ...

September 21, 2005, Comments Off

21 September 2005 Despite the lip service we have paid to other topics, Katrina, the aftermath and oil have inevitably d ...

September 14, 2005, Comments Off

14 September 2005 Our good friend Colin Everard will be with us and we will have a mini-launch for his newly-published n ...

September 7, 2005, Comments Off

Post Katrina The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and sc ...

August 24, 2005, Comments Off

Incoming Class of 2009 As the media love to remind us every Fall, the incoming university Freshman class does not share ...

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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
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.December 5, 2024
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
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…