All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Quebec Liberals post 2012 election
December 9, 2013, Comments Off on Quebec Liberals post 2012 election

Liberal leader Philippe Couillard back in the national assembly Quebec Liberals win two byelections in the ridings of Ou ...

Wednesday Night #1657
December 4, 2013, 2 Comments

John Curtin advises that in his continuing quest to explore multiple aspects of the Royals, he “will be flying to ...

Paul Desmarais R.I.P.
December 3, 2013, Comments Off on Paul Desmarais R.I.P.

Paul Desmarais’s funeral draws A-list of politics past and present (Globe & Mail) Tributes poured in for the late ...

Canada in 2013: International relations and foreign policy
December 2, 2013, 3 Comments

Canadian International Council (CIC) and OpenCanada.org Ottawa University Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) ...

The News of the World and the Murdoch empire
November 30, 2013, Comments Off on The News of the World and the Murdoch empire

The Daily Mail: Wendi’s crush on Blair revealed: Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife wrote of ‘warm feelings̵ ...

Wednesday Night #1656
November 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1656

We take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Kosher Thanksgiving  or Thanksgivukkah on this historic “once-in-a-Talmu ...

Iran in 2012 – 2013
November 25, 2013, 3 Comments

Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men. Courage and hope for the future. Then old men ...

November 22 1963 – fifty years later
November 22, 2013, Comments Off on November 22 1963 – fifty years later

American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote of the assassination: “I never knew how his brief and brilliant leadership ...

Wednesday Night #1655
November 20, 2013, 1 Comment

A postscript to the discussion of real-estate prices: St John’s Wood mansion with 11 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a gym ...

U.S. history, music, myth, and literature
November 19, 2013, Comments Off on U.S. history, music, myth, and literature

Lincoln, JFK and Obama: What links the US presidents? (BBC) They are two of the most important dates in American history ...