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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 […]
Carl Beigie, 69 / Economist, Professor - by Alan Hustak
‘Gentle intellectual giant’ was an authority on U.S.-Canada relations
Alan Hustak
Special to The Globe and Mail
Carl Beigie was founding executive director of the C.D. Howe Research Institute, the chief economist for Dominion Securities Pitfield Ltd. and McLean McCarthy Ltd., as well as an adviser to Canadian finance ministers in both Liberal and […]
Sam Totah: In Memoriam Carl Beigie 1940-2010
The night that was! The place as always the Nicholsons’ home and the soirée the Wednesday Night. It was very special by the very fact that the man who gave initial life to these soirées was no longer of this world. He passed away…………March, 2010.I attended the soirée — especially to bring […]
WEDNESDAY NIGHT #1462 - What would Carl have said?
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Carl Beigie OWN, our friend, the genesis of Wednesday Night and its guiding spirit through the first two decades, died on Thursday, 4 March.
Given the many years when Carl shared with us his views on assorted budgets - sometimes from wherever he had been ‘locked-up’, we cannot overlook the coincidence of his […]
WEDNESDAY NIGHT #1462 - What would Carl have said?
Carl Beigie OWN, our friend, the genesis of Wednesday Night and its guiding spirit through the first two decades, died on Thursday, 4 March.
Given the many years when Carl shared with us his views on assorted budgets – sometimes from wherever he had been ‘locked-up’, we cannot overlook the coincidence of his death and the […]
Carl Beigie OWN R.I.P. 1940-2010
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Carl was a very, very special friend, whom our entire family loved dearly.
Our hearts are very heavy today, lightened only by the many wonderful memories of happy times spent in his company, debating, discussing and sometimes just talking. How he loved to do all three! He was indeed a gentle intellectual giant and […]
Hugh “Uncle Hughie” Anderson R.I.P.
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Michael Shenker: Time ever more precious as death nears
Hugh died on Wednesday morning. Somehow, in all this experience with death, there should be a life lesson, something I can take away, a morsel of wisdom I can use to live a little more wisely, more meaningfully, to better appreciate the short-term lease I’ve […]
The Republicans after the 2008 elections
Governor Crist Becomes a Right-Wing Target
A raft of conservative groups, commentators and politicians are supporting a primary challenge to Mr. Crist by Marco Rubio, a telegenic former speaker of the Florida House christened a Reaganite’s answer to Mr. Obama by The National Review.
6 November
David Jones on Election Day USA: Virginia and New Jersey
(The MetropolitaIn) Obama’s […]
Wanda Potrykus OWN
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Wanda Potrykus
Greetings:
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 enduring participation and consistently valuable contributions to Wednesday Night discourse on a multitude of topics, combined with your high level of interest […]
Sam Stein OWN
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Samuel “Sam” Stein
Greetings:
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 enduring participation and consistently valuable contributions to Wednesday Night discourse, whether in person or through messages from aircraft or far away, exotic […]
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