All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Is Greece European?
June 6, 2012, Comments Off on Is Greece European?

By Robert D. Kaplan Stratfor 6 June 2012 Greece is where the West both begins and ends. The West — as a humanist i ...

Wednesday Night #1579
June 6, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1579

GREAT NEWS: Thanks to tireless work by Bert Revenaz, Diana’s website is again up and running. There is a lot of m ...

Margaret Somerville: What is happening in Quebec
June 4, 2012, Comments Off on Margaret Somerville: What is happening in Quebec

Many young people in Quebec, with good reason, do not believe they have a voice in the public square, writes Margaret So ...

Population growth, migration and climate change
June 1, 2012, 2 Comments

Forced Migration Online UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund Making data dance (The Economist) Hans Rosling has bec ...

Wednesday Night #1578
May 30, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1578

Unfortunately, Dr. Peter Frise was unable to pack Wednesday Night into his very busy schedule. However  his absence was ...

Wednesday Night #1577
May 23, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1577

Prelude If the truth were recognized, the difference in intellectual capacity between the least and greatest of us would ...

Wednesday Night #1577 – The Prologue
May 22, 2012, 1 Comment

The Prologue On Wednesday May 23rd, the Montreal community will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Raoul ...

Wednesday Night #1576
May 16, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1576

It is with sadness that we note the passing of Neil McKenty, broadcaster, author, former Jesuit, major Montreal personal ...

Wednesday Night #1575
May 9, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1575

The Prologue Peter  Berezin will share with us the conclusions of two BCA Reports (April and May). The accompanying not ...

Wednesday Night #1574
May 2, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1574

May 2nd – first anniversary of the election when Canadians (at least 40% of those who voted) gave Stephen Harper a maj ...