Wednesday-Night

20 octobre 2007
LE SOLEIL - RÉFLEXION
Prévenir les génocides, est-ce possible?
Angéline Fournier, Médiateur, consultante et formatrice en médiation, prévention et résolution des conflits
Une photo s’affiche sur le grand écran. Dans la salle silencieuse, des experts venus du monde entier se sont réunis pour la Conférence globale sur la prévention du génocide, organisée par l’Université McGill.
Sur l’écran, […]

10 September 2007
Canada’s chief electoral officer, Marc Mayrand, on Monday again entered the current controversy about whether veiled Muslim women can arrive veiled at polling stations. Mr. Mayrand says there nothing in the current law texts that requires them to identify themselves by removing their veils. The electoral officer says it’s not up to him […]

22 August 2007
As we prepare for #1329, we offer the following indispensable addition to the Wednesday Night lexicon:
The word outsight, defined as “A statement believed by the person who utters it to be an important or profound insight, but which is in fact regarded by its audience as so obvious or elementary that it […]

25 July 2007
Our mental capabilities are exhausted from the intense and challenging conversation of last week’s Salon covering Global Governance, China, Iraq and the Geopolitics of Environmental Change including Canada’s claims to the Northwest Passage
The relevance of our WN topics was confirmed today by the BBC report today that Russia is sending a mini-submarine to […]

Canadian elites’ judicial “blind spot” for those we admire

People tend to forgive those sins and sinners with which they can identify. The families of drunk drivers rally around their loved ones when they are on trial. “It was a small mistake”, they argue, “out of character and something anyone else could easily have done.” Were […]

10 January 2007
We are still basking in the reflected glory of last week’s stimulating discussion on the economy, innovation and related topics.
Not quite sure what we will do for an encore, however George W. Bush (now there’s an unlikely Wednesday Nighter) has stepped into the breach and will provide fodder to all the […]

Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honorable recipient of the Order of Wednesday Night
In recognition of the many years of quiet wisdom and knowledgeable interventions on a range of legal and financial topics; your serene assumption of the role of doyenne as events […]

7 September 2005
Post Katrina
The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and scorn for the Feeble Emergency Management Agency and its director, Michael Brown, not to mention Barbara Bush’s statement on a radio interview after touring the Houston Astrodome that ”What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, […]

17 August 2005
We are more than thrilled that our son, Marc and daughter-in-law, Jean have arrived from Singapore and will be with us this Wednesday. They bring a fresh perspective to our discussion and will no doubt raise topics and questions to challenge Wednesday Night. In anticipation, we have trolled the news and offer the […]

Whereas, with the approval of the assembly of Wednesday Night Wise Persons, we are pleased to appoint you honorable recipient of the Order of Wednesday Night
In recognition of your early and consistently provocative contributions to the highest level of debate, always accompanied by impressive and extensive data, your passionate espousal of ethical considerations of global […]