Wednesday-Night

Global voices Iranian elections 2009 ; NYT Topics Iran; The Economist Iran archives & country briefing
(Chatham House) Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran’s 2009 Presidential Election
Tehran’s Take: Understanding Iran’s US Policy (Foreign Affairs July/August 2009)
Iran Clamps Down on Reporting on Protest Leaders
In a further clampdown on Iran’s cowed political opposition, the authorities have […]

Japan as number three: Watching China whizz by
Japan is now the world’s third-largest economy. Can its firms cope?
(The Economist) FIVE years ago China’s economy was half as big as Japan’s. This year it will probably be bigger (see chart 1). Quarterly figures announced this week showed that China had overtaken its ancient rival. It had […]

Innovation in emerging markets
Wednesday-Night.com Emerging markets

Meet the world’s next growth engine
(Financial Post) While the developed world grapples with the mass retirement of its baby boom generation, India is just welcoming its boomers into the workforce.
There, a demographic bulge will lead to an enormous labour force spike in the coming years, presenting India with a profound […]

Banning the Burqa (and the niqab)
See the Economist “Banning the burqa — A bad idea…whose time may soon come in parts of Europe” for an even-handed discussion of the two sides of the argument, much of which was iterated this evening
As several European nations, in particular France, debate banning the burqa, Wednesday Nighters were […]

There are two versions of this Wednesday Night with David and Terry Jones - a full house with rich debate - as we cannot resist publishing our faithful scribe’s philosophical narrative without amendment.
Natural and man-made disasters, energy, the environment and politics
Whether conferred by God’s will, as explained by the Holy Bible and analogous texts […]

Pierre Arbour’s foresight and generosity in creating his eponymous Fondation Universitaire continues to foster bright young students through the Master and Doctoral levels providing them with means for acquiring the education that will enable them to make a contribution to the Quebec economy and their fellow humans not only in their chosen fields but to […]

There is a linkage in tonight’s discussion that centers on infallibility - or the perception thereof - whether it be related to major institutions on Wall Street, the Catholic Church (Pope), or even the off-shore drilling systems
Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Viewing the aerial photos of the spreading oil that threatens the coastline of Louisiana […]

The warmly-applauded opening announcement concerned Herb Bercovitz who has been proposed by Mayor Peter Trent as a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s award for volunteerism.
Victoria Kiyatkina introduced Ian Branum, a multi-talented U.S. Naval Reserve Officer recently returned from being USN’s point-man in Bangladesh and soon to go to Iraq, while Diana introduced Marc Garneau’s Riding […]

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Although 1467 was apparently a ‘common’ year with no earth-shattering events (aside from the fact that Pope Paul II arrested and tortured some of the abbreviators - we too would like to arrest ‘abbreviators’ on Facebook, Twitter, et al.), Wednesday Night #1467 was certainly not ‘common’.
Earlier Guy Stanley […]

Dubai
Karl Moore has just returned from leading a trip to Dubai for 25 students from McGill’s Desautels Management Faculty (Dubai an eye-opener for students - McGill program: Met with CEOs, learned about economic planning)
The United Arab Emirates, more particularly Dubai, is the subject of much press these days, not always favorable, much of it concerning […]