All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Wednesday Night #1848
August 9, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1848

Over the past months, we have frequently commented on the grimness of the news, but the confrontation between North Kore ...

Dr. Arthur T. Porter
August 5, 2017, Comments Off on Dr. Arthur T. Porter

Arthur Porter: timeline of a corruption scandal 2017 4 August Charges officially abandoned against Arthur Porter, two ye ...

Wednesday Night #1847
August 1, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1847

We had to wait before posting this to learn who would be the hosts of the ‘new’ National. As devotees of CBC news, w ...

Wednesday Night #1846
July 26, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1846

We never thought that one of the major news items for a Wednesday Night would be one that dealt with Boy Scouts of Ameri ...

Turkey 2016 – 2017
July 21, 2017, 1 Comment

Turkey’s Erdogan Refuses to Back Down in Feud With Germany (NYT) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey raised the s ...

U.S. Government & governance 2017 – the first six months
July 19, 2017, Comments Off on U.S. Government & governance 2017 – the first six months

Eight Political Scientists Who Will Make Sense of 2017 Presidential memoranda vs. executive orders. What’s the dif ...

Wednesday Night #1845
July 19, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1845

The dominant news is of the débacle of the Republicans’ attempt to repeal & replace ObamaCare (see Affordable ...

Wednesday Night #1844
July 12, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1844

Diana has been felled by a sinus/cold and headache which has seriously damaged her ability to think clearly, so please f ...

Wednesday Night #1843
July 5, 2017, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1843

To add to Gerald Ratzer’s eclectic collection of historical and fun facts: Founding fathers Thomas Jefferson, John ...

Quebec Anglos – Aislin
July 3, 2017, Comments Off on Quebec Anglos – Aislin

50 Years of Aislin: Les anglophones, Part 1 Once upon a time in Quebec, it was English-speaking Montreal that produced t ...

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