Wednesday-Night

Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2007 shows the closing ceremony of the 3rd OPEC summit meeting in Riyadh, capital of Saudi arabia. A joint statement was issued at the end of the two-day meeting, promising to provide reliable supplies of oil. (Xinhua Photo)

21 November
A Kingdom Rich in Opportunity - November 21, 2007
By Stephen S. Poloz,  […]

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 17 — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, describing climate change as “the defining challenge of our age,” released the final report of a United Nations panel on climate change here on Saturday and called on the United States and China to play “a more constructive role.”
His challenge to the world’s two greatest greenhouse […]

Exclusive to The Suburban
To use Robert Galbraith’s words, this was “extreme journalism”. Robert and his colleague Guido Schmidt are in Spin Bolduk, a dangerous Afghan crossing on the Pakistani border. Osama Bin-Laden had been seen here at the start of the conflict. Robert Galbraith has gone further, faster and deeper than any independent journalist in […]

David Mitchell forwarded this piece with the comment that [the] “article ought to be given wider circulation than the Star, otherwise smoke and mirrors will distract everyone”.
One central disturbing image
November 15, 2007
Linda McQuaig
There’s already an energetic campaign by the Conservatives and their supporters to keep us distracted from the central image […]

Thanks to John Moore for this contribution which accurately reflects the frustrations of a number of Wednesday Nighters - not to mention other members of the grassroots non-establishment.
15 November 2007
David Goutor, Toronto Star Comment
In the discussions of Stéphane Dion’s struggles in Ottawa, one factor has been consistently overlooked: the grassroots of the Liberal party. […]

November 14, 2007
Murdoch Said to Stress Free Access to Wall St. Journal’s Web Site

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Rupert Murdoch says he plans to abolish subscription fees at The Wall Street Journal’s Web site, according to news accounts from Australia. This apparently was news to executives at his company and The Journal, who cautioned […]

 
By demanding a public inquiry, Mulroney left Harper no choice
JEFFREY SIMPSON, Globe & Mail
November 14, 2007
… If Mr. Mulroney has his way, the inquiry will be vast, allowing him not only to refute the allegations but to see squirm in the witness box all of his tormentors since the first breath of the Airbus affair: […]

For those who have enjoyed the critical look at the subprime crisis offered by the Long Johns and who delighted in their comment that the success of SIVs was attributable to the fact that “They all have very good names”, we offer the following from the Editorial Board of the New York Times. For those […]

14 November 2007
A few weeks ago, Tony Deutsch suggested as a topic the subject of the New York Times article “The Prize That Even Some Laureates Question“. It seems that a number of Nobel economics laureates take issue with the kind of work that has often been honored.
Complaints about prize winners generally fall into one […]

Iraq: Positive Signs
November 13, 2007 2036
By George Friedman
The latest reports concerning the war in Iraq suggest the situation is looking up for the United States. First, U.S. military and Iraqi civilian casualties continue to fall. Second, there are confirmed reports that Sunni insurgents controlled by local leaders have turned on al Qaeda militants, particularly […]