Wednesday-Night
Where the world comes together
All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Islam and Islamists
Reaction to Charlie Hebdo [see I am (not) Charlie] has included wide-spread analysis, commentary and soul-searching by a ...
Wednesday Night #1715
The late-breaking story that Oxford University Press reportedly barred pigs and anything pork-related from children’s ...
Wednesday Night #1714 with Peter Berezin
May the New Year – whether 2015, or the 4712th Chinese year (Year of The Goat), or Anno Mundi AM 5775 – be filled wi ...
Year-end musings and predictions for 2015
It is that time when every media outlet and pundit takes stock of the past year's events and/or makes predictions for th ...
Israel – Palestine/Gaza 2014
Security Council resolution on Palestinian state defeated The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt ...
India 2013 – 2014
India’s Ancient People (Full Documentary) (published December 2013) DC Debate: Narendra Modi’s sudden visit to L ...
Wednesday Night #1713
What an amazing start to the New Year! A surprise visit from the always gorgeous and intrepid Isabelle Ramsay-Bra ...
Turkey 2012 – 2014
Dreams of Kurdistan — A journey through Kurdish identity. (Al Jazeera Magazine) Kurdistan is a kind of dream: an a ...
ISIS/ISIL 2013-14
Alastair Crooke: You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia The dr ...
Canada in 2014
Bill C-60: Tories Quietly Taking Control Of CBC, Group Alleges The Harper government is quietly seizing greater control ...
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The Republicans/MAGA 2025
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Trump Tariffs & Trade October 2025
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E is for espionage /5
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Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank 21 September 2025-
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COP30 Belém Climate Change Conference
November 14, 2025, No Comments
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
October 22, 2025, 1 Comment
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…