Wednesday-Night

This does not bode well for transparency under a Clinton II White House. We are curious whether there may be a Georgetown Foreign Service School connection here.

After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton
(NYT) Late on Sept. 6, 2005, a private plane carrying the Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra touched down in Almaty, a ruggedly picturesque […]

January 30, 2008
From Sheila in Ahmedabad India with grassroots women embroiderers
I’m deep into research into India, in Ahmedabad, actually, a city of about six million that is seen as a powerhouse of industrial activity. It is also the headquarters of SEWA, the Self Employed Women’s Association, an organization that has organized nearly a million […]

Having all been on our best - and most diplomatic - behaviour last Wednesday, we can now revert to type, indulging in some vigorous debate of a number of items that were not on last week’s agenda.
But before we do, on behalf of Holly Jonas, we would like to call to your attention a […]

The 2008 Canadian Constitutional Affairs Conference – organized by a group of students from the Laval and McGill Faculties of Law (headed by Adam Daifallah and Hugh Meighen) – aims to bring together constitutional experts and student delegations from all of Canada’s law faculties to debate and discuss the evolution of the Canadian […]

29 January 2008
Finance Minister backs injections of overseas cash; plans national security test for foreign takeovers
TARA PERKINS, Globe& Mail
State-owned investment vehicles are good for the economies of countries they invest in, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says, having recently met with officials from what’s believed to be the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund.
“There is no […]

January 31
(The Economist) The disappearing president and the shape of politics to come
George Bush gave his last state-of-the-union speech, in which he touted progress in Iraq and called for an additional $30 billion for AIDS relief in Africa. He also urged Congress to pass quickly a $150 billion economic stimulus […]

January 28, 2008
Davos Diary: The schmooze of the world
Extreme brainpower meets extraordinary wealth at the annual World Economic Forum. Sean O’Grady reports from the plutocrats’ playground. Having followed much of the serious Davos coverage over the past days, we can recommend this somewhat light-hearted look at the events from The Independent
January 26, 2008
Japanese PM […]

January 26, 2008

Barack Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
Excerpt of Senator Obama’s victory speech:
I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina. I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children. I saw […]

January 26 2008
An empire from a tub of goo
How did the quest to retrieve the treasure hidden beneath huge swaths of northern Alberta go from fool’s errand to monumentous payoff?
The oil sands are seen as a crucial source in a world of increasingly tight supply, where many reserves are in politically volatile regions controlled by […]

January 25, 2008
Afghanistan needs us
Without the presence of international troops, chaos would erupt
JOHN MANLEY
Saturday, January 26, 2008
The opening lines of my independent panel’s report make it clear that Afghanistan is at war and that Canada is a combatant. That’s the situation today, but a close reading of our work says it doesn’t have to be […]