All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Education: The Big Problem With the New SAT
May 5, 2015, Comments Off on Education: The Big Problem With the New SAT

Op-Ed Contributors The Big Problem With the New SAT By RICHARD C. ATKINSON and SAUL GEISER MAY 4, 2015 By rewarding stud ...

Towards Canada’s 150th
May 2, 2015, Comments Off on Towards Canada’s 150th

Canada’s 150th birthday will be ‘partisan’ bash without anniversary agency: NDP The Conservative government’s re ...

Wednesday Night #1730
April 27, 2015, 2 Comments

So many sad anniversaries commemorated over the past few days. The centenary of the Armenian genocide was remembered aro ...

Wednesday Night #1729
April 21, 2015, 1 Comment

Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day 2015. Among the many events planned around the globe, Fulbright Canada will celebrate ...

Wednesday Night #1728
April 15, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1728

April 14 is the anniversary of the Boko Haram kidnapping. Exactly a year ago, 276 girls were abducted from Chibok in Nig ...

Asian Development Outlook
April 13, 2015, Comments Off on Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 2015: Financing Asia’s Future Growth ADB’s Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2015 projec ...

Gerry Germain R.I.P.
April 12, 2015, 2 Comments

R.I.P. Gerry Germain Our dear friend for 50 years with whom we shared adventures and many happy hours of quiet conversat ...

Wednesday Night #1727
April 8, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1727

Hoping everyone enjoyed a Happy Easter/Passover, or simply a long, restful, weekend. For those for whom Easter or Passov ...

Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1726 with Marko Papic

And in a timely announcement on Thursday morning: Ukraine signed a deal for Russian gas. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state gas ...

Population growth & sustainable development
April 1, 2015, Comments Off on Population growth & sustainable development

Overpopulation, overconsumption – in pictures Sprawling Mexico City rolls across the landscape, displacing every scrap ...

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