All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Wednesday Night #1768
January 20, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1768

The rich, powerful, famous, and even infamous, are congregating in the temporarily gated community of Davos for the 46th ...

Wednesday Night 1767
January 13, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night 1767

The death of David Bowie over the weekend has unleashed a world-wide torrent of eulogies absent only (unless we missed s ...

Predictions for 2016
January 9, 2016, Comments Off on Predictions for 2016

Year-end musings and predictions for 2015 Why the new year starts on Jan. 1, a terrible time for renewal (WaPost) … ...

Wednesday Night #1766
January 6, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1766

After a fascinating and informative debate on climate change, it was agreed that ascribing blame -even establishing caus ...

Turkey 2015
January 1, 2016, Comments Off on Turkey 2015

2015 Erdoğan cites Hitler’s Germany as example of effective government Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ...

Media Matters 2015
December 31, 2015, Comments Off on Media Matters 2015

Ryerson Review of Journalism Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications Time for Change: Th ...

Europe & EU 2015
December 31, 2015, 1 Comment

The Eurozone Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Lux ...

Canada 2014-15 — Immigration & citizenship
December 31, 2015, Comments Off on Canada 2014-15 — Immigration & citizenship

Syrian Refugees In Canada: McCallum Says 2 More Weeks To Reach 10,000 Target (HuffPost) Immigration Minister John McCall ...

World-wide migration/refugees
December 31, 2015, 1 Comment

UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2014 Where We’re From Interactive app tracks migrants around the world. This application is ...

Wednesday Night #1765
December 30, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1765

The presence of Marion Canute changed the focus of the evening’s discussion to her recent experiences as the Germa ...