Archive for November, 2016

Wednesday Night #1812
November 30, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1812

As always, Gerald presented a number of memorable events from the year 1812. The obvious one being the Napoleon’s ...

Pakistan 2013-16
November 29, 2016, 1 Comment

29 November An India-Pakistan Crisis: Should We Care? (War on the Rocks) The world has recently been reminded of just ho ...

Fidel Castro R.I.P.
November 26, 2016, Comments Off on Fidel Castro R.I.P.

Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 Mr. Castro’s defiance of American power made him a beaco ...

Wednesday Night #1811
November 23, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1811

Discussion about the obvious conflicts of interest regarding the Trump organization and the necessary probity of the occ ...

U.S. elections 2016 – the mornings after
November 22, 2016, Comments Off on U.S. elections 2016 – the mornings after

The Morning After the Morning After for Blue People ‘The races are not equal’: meet the alt-right leader in ...

Canada International Relations – Trade (2015-16)
November 22, 2016, 1 Comment

Government of Canada: Canada’s Free Trade Agreements Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) PM Trudeau China visit 2016 Trump ...

Wednesday Night #1810
November 16, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1810

This has been an awful week – first, the election result, then Leonard Cohen’s death (see Wednesday Night ...

Gwen Ifill 1955-2016 R.I.P.
November 14, 2016, Comments Off on Gwen Ifill 1955-2016 R.I.P.

We feel we have lost a wise and dear friend. She and Judy joined us at the dinner table almost every evening for many ye ...

Leonard Cohen R.I.P.
November 12, 2016, Comments Off on Leonard Cohen R.I.P.

Here’s Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ To Listen To 100 Times Today Andrew Cohen: After a feverish ...

Raoul Wallenberg – Updates
November 12, 2016, 1 Comment

See also Wednesday Night #1577 and #1610 Raoul Wallenberg was, at last, declared dead on October 26th (The Economist) BR ...