All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Wednesday Night #1815
December 21, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1815

Winter Solstice today. Yes. Wednesday 21 December 2016 is the shortest day of the year and last night was the longest ni ...

Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare 2012-16
December 15, 2016, 1 Comment

15 December Opinion: He won’t actually take away my insurance, will he? (NYT) “I kept hearing informed voters, who h ...

Wednesday Night #1814
December 14, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1814

2016 has been marked by some great losses of admirable (and seemingly irreplaceable)  public figures, as well as severa ...

Middle East & Arab World 2015-16
December 12, 2016, 1 Comment

Brookings Middle East and North Africa Carnegie Council: Perspectives from Inside a Tumultuous Middle East: Syria-Iraq-I ...

Warren Allmand, R.I.P.
December 8, 2016, Comments Off on Warren Allmand, R.I.P.

Obituary: Longtime Liberal MP Warren Allmand has died In 2005, Warren Allmand was a newly elected city councillor when h ...

John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95
December 8, 2016, Comments Off on John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95

John Glenn, American Hero of the Space Age, Dies at 95 John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a natio ...

Oil spills and leaks
December 8, 2016, 3 Comments

Is Canada ready for an oil spill? (video) (CBC) The Kinder Morgan pipeline will increase off B.C.’s coast. But an ...

Wednesday Night #1813
December 7, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1813

Opinions around the table regarding the issues leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbour was unanimous and supported by ...

Global Economy & Globalization 2016
December 6, 2016, Comments Off on Global Economy & Globalization 2016

Global Economy 2015 SciDev.Net What is a knowledge economy? George Monbiot: No country with a McDonald’s can remain a ...

Europe & EU 2016
December 5, 2016, 3 Comments

The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland ...