All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Russia in 2014
December 30, 2014, 4 Comments

Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Spared Prison in a Fraud Case, but His Brother Is Jailed (NYT) Hours after being spare ...

Douglas Robertson R.I.P.
December 30, 2014, 1 Comment

ROBERTSON, Douglas Christian March 15, 1937 – December 26, 2014 It is with great sadness that the family of Douglas Ro ...

New Year 2015 Greetings
December 30, 2014, 1 Comment

We have been remiss in sending greetings, and therefore must apologize for the length of this message. 2014 as a library ...

U.S. Foreign Relations in 2013 – 2014
December 29, 2014, 1 Comment

Kevin Drum: Obama’s Foreign Policy: Frustrating, Perhaps, But Better Than Most of the Alternatives (Mother Jones) ...

Iraq 2008-2014
December 25, 2014, Comments Off on Iraq 2008-2014

Amnesty International Iraq Crisis ISIS/ISIL The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?–– The legac ...

The Papacy 2013 -2014
December 20, 2014, 2 Comments

2014 27 December Pope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches Pontiff hopes to inspire ac ...

Canada and Indigenous Peoples
December 19, 2014, 1 Comment

19 December The accidental journalist: Wab Kinew emerges as contender to host Q (Globe & Mail) He has already replac ...

U.S. government & governance 2013-2014
December 18, 2014, Comments Off on U.S. government & governance 2013-2014

See also U.S. Government Shutdown 2013 Here’s All You Need To Know About The State Of The Union Address (AP) — S ...

Wednesday Night #1711
December 17, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1711

Two items that were not on the horizon when the Prologue was written were the focus of much of the discussion. Sony canc ...

Canada: Energy, environment & pipelines 2013 -2014
December 16, 2014, 7 Comments

The Second Coming of Peter Lougheed The long, laissez-faire rule of Ralph Klein has obscured the Lougheed record: Loughe ...

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