Wednesday-Night

NYT Caucus Midterm elections ; Washington Post Post Politics ; Tracking the campaigns of 2010
Rougher Road for Democrats With Obama Off Ticket
The anti-Washington mood threatens to sweep away many well-known incumbents and put Democratic control of Congress at risk in November, when all 435 House of Representatives seats, 36 of 100 Senate seats and 37 […]

Canada 2010: G8 & G20 ; At Issue panel on The National (CBC)
No politics please, we’re nation-building: PM
WHITEHORSE - He stood astride an ice flow, F-18 jets roaring overhead for a perfect photograph, reannounced feel-good government initiatives and gave a rousing speech to party faithful warning of the evils of an opposition coalition.
But Prime Minister […]

It was noted that Herb Bercovitz is celebrating his 86th birthday on Wednesday 1486, which explains his absence. All present expressed warm wishes to Herb for many more years of health and enjoyment of life.
The question was raised of celebration of WN #1500 - due in 14 weeks - what is planned? What is the […]

See also PolitiFact.com - a veritable U.S. political Snopes ; More on U.S. (Foreign Affairs, Energy & Environment, even Sarah Palin, etc.) ; U.S. post 20 January 2009 ;
Q&A: Obama on His First Year in Office
Timothy Egan: Building a Nation of Know-Nothings
It would be nice to dismiss the stupid things that Americans believe as […]

New York Times Topics: Australia ; BBC Australia country profile
Australia’s “kingmakers” meet to discuss next government
(Reuters) - A handful of independent and Green MPs who will decide the make-up of the next Australian government hold their first meeting on Tuesday to discuss whether to support the Labour Party or conservative opposition’s bid for power.
Latest counting […]

Here is the wonderful  Montreal City Weblog that does 99.9% of our Montreal-focused work for us. It is full of current news and information, along with some excellent links and several years’ worth of weekly archives. The latter make entertaining if discouraging reading as one is reminded how many are recurrent and unresolved topics. Grateful […]

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A very celebratory night with some long-time absentees and some very welcome new faces. Among the former, Robert Landori who presented his latest spy/political thriller (book) “Havana Harvest“, to be in Canadian book stores on September 1. It sounds wonderful. Adding to the paprika flavor was Tony Deutsch […]

E. J. Dionne: Chris Dodd and the Politics of Joy
When I sat down last week at the Capitol with Dodd to talk about his 36 years in Congress, he didn’t change my attitude toward the longest-winded legislative body in the world. But he reminded me of something missing in our public life: an ebullient joy […]

Income Trusts on Wednesday-Night.com
Four years later
Flaherty offers apology for income trust hurt
Jim Flaherty may have faced down the financial crisis, but he was forced on the defensive by a feisty senior yesterday at a policy conference, where he issued a public apology for the hardship inflicted by his decision to tax income trusts nearly […]

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Daniel Léger was introduced and spoke briefly about his doctoral subject,  “Neo-conservatism and the philosophical, moral and political differences between it and realism”,  mentioning that Bill Kristol had sat on his committee. A lively debate explored whether the neo-cons’ view of the world is more common-sense based vis à vis the […]