All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

West Wing Wednesday Night #13
April 8, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #13

CONGRATULATIONS ALEXANDRA AND JAMES In addition to items circulated or that come up, one of Barbara Arneil’s colle ...

The greening of Canada
April 8, 2009, Comments Off on The greening of Canada

More on Tar Sands Although principally addressed to the UK, George Monbiot’s  Why are plastic bags treated as the ...

Demand for and dependency on oil – solutions
April 7, 2009, Comments Off on Demand for and dependency on oil – solutions

Oil Companies Loath to Follow Obama’s Green Lead Surprise! The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, i ...

Wednesday Night #1413
April 1, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1413

see wednesday-night.com for photos (especially the magnificent Hermitage La Chapelle) and videos Wednesday Nighters were ...

Earth Hour 2009
March 28, 2009, Comments Off on Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour 2008 Earth Hour 2009 — Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Earth Hour, first created in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fu ...

Wednesday Night #1412
March 25, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1412

T H E  R E P O R T A forecast is not pretense at clairvoyance.  It is risk identification. If you add reasonably accur ...

Darfur – A plan
March 22, 2009, 2 Comments

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...

Jon Stewart on business news reporting
March 20, 2009, Comments Off on Jon Stewart on business news reporting

Schott’s Vocab A new blog by Ben Schott on the words and phrases that encapsulate the times in which we live. Cram ...

Wednesday Night #1411
March 18, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1411

A last-minute (but worthy) update from our friend Jim Heffernan, who occasionally blogs on the HuffPost. “Since I ...

Capitalism and Adam Smith
March 13, 2009, Comments Off on Capitalism and Adam Smith

Despite all [Adam] Smith did to explain and defend the constructive role of the market, he was deeply concerned about th ...