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Jeremy Ben-Ami: The flotilla’s lessons for Mideast peace advocates
Back to the table — Israel’s prime minister sounds upbeat, even if no one else does
The first direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in 20 months began in Washington. Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas began talks urged on by President Barack Obama along with President Hosni Mubarak of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Opening the evening, Diana announced that 33, home to Wednesday Night since 1982 - and to the Nicholsons since 1971 - is officially on the market. As to the future, there are only two criteria for their next home: it must accept the dogs, and offer welcoming accommodation for Wednesday Night.
The Centre Greene on Greene […]

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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 […]

Almost every rule of Wednesday Night was broken on this occasion, but there was much jollity and mirth at the beginning of the evening.
Unusually, we started off with a word quiz. Gerald Ratzer stumped the assembly with the words parging and crazing. It appears that several Wednesday Nighters have recently indulged in these exotic behaviors […]

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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 […]

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Ron Meisels was warmly congratulated on the recent announcement of the Caldwell Meisels Canada Fund (formerly the Caldwell Canada Fund), reflecting “the recent hiring of prominent technical analyst, Ron Meisels, President of Phases & Cycles Inc., as a consultant to the Fund”.
The Census Brouhaha (more on Canada 2010: The census debate)
Prior […]

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 […]

Musings on the media and the sale of the Montreal Gazette
Update: No surprise — Gazette to go Web only on Sundays
Montreal has, in some ways, developed into a microcosm, its Anglophone population, a relatively small population within an important multicultural community. Until recently CanWest owned the one Montreal based English language daily, […]