Archive for July, 2008

Wetlands
July 25, 2008, 1 Comment

See also Inland Waters Biodiversity and The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the University of Guelph Canada’s Aq ...

For the record: Westmount-Ville Marie’s Marc Garneau
July 24, 2008, Comments Off on For the record: Westmount-Ville Marie’s Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau – Westmount-Ville-Marie July 24 Where’s the Conservative plan for industry? Marc Garneau, Montr ...

Wednesday Night #1377
July 23, 2008, 1 Comment

See photos and more We have the great joy of the presence of our son Marc and his brilliant wife Jean from Singapore. Sa ...

THE WEDNESDAY NIGHTS (revised), Sam Totah
July 23, 2008, Comments Off on THE WEDNESDAY NIGHTS (revised), Sam Totah

July 23 Dear Diana and David and their faithful readers! It has been over a decade–more than 13 years in fact sinc ...

Sarkozy’s List of Successes
July 23, 2008, Comments Off on Sarkozy’s List of Successes

July 23 2008 (Truthdig) France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy is often dismissed for his flamboyance, but he has quite re ...

The Biofuel Backlash
July 23, 2008, 3 Comments

More on Biofuels and Agriculture & Food – World Hunger Uprising Against the Ethanol Mandate Gov. Rick Perry of ...

Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy
July 23, 2008, Comments Off on Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy

July 21 By Chris Hedges (Truthdig) The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology o ...

Welcome home, Paul McCartney
July 21, 2008, Comments Off on Welcome home, Paul McCartney

We have purposely not acknowledged the ridiculous debate over the Paul McCartney concert in Québec City. However, we ar ...

Wednesday Night #1376
July 16, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1376

Last Wednesday will go into the annals as one of the Great Wednesday Nights. Robin Griffiths and Maureen Farrow were a s ...

Poverty in America
July 13, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to  one of our friends, who maintains an amazing listserve on a broad number of topics. There is much more ...