All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Obama's Challenge — Stratfor
November 10, 2008, Comments Off on Obama's Challenge — Stratfor

We find this article to be an excellent summary of  the complex problems that the President-elect will face and therefo ...

U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath
November 9, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath

   Electoral College votes  and counting Obama wins historic US election John McCain’s very gracious concession ...

Building a Whole Earth Economy, Peter G. Brown
November 8, 2008, 2 Comments

See also Moral Economy Project,  The sustainable economy  and Peter G. Brown With an impending strike at the Gazette, ...

Wednesday Night #1392
November 5, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1392

T h e  R e p o r t In the wake of the historic events of Election Night, it was not surprising that discussion focused ...

Election Night 4 November 2008
November 4, 2008, Comments Off on Election Night 4 November 2008

In response to a number of requests, we are happy to confirm that Tuesday Night, November 4, the door will be flung open ...

Studs Terkel
October 31, 2008, Comments Off on Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel: He’ll Never Be Silenced Remembering the original guerrilla journalist By Jeff Cohen, director of the Par ...

The Economy – What went wrong & What’s next? II
October 31, 2008, 1 Comment

See Part I of this topic/saga ; The evolving bailout plan ; The world after the (bailout) vote 31 October 2008 Reversal ...

A critique of the Food Mile Perspective
October 30, 2008, Comments Off on A critique of the Food Mile Perspective

We are delighted to hear from former (because they moved to Toronto) Wednesday Nighters Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shi ...

Wednesday Night #1391
October 29, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1391

Note from Bill Copp: 79 years today since the crash of ’29. Just a mean thought, not a serious one, to help start ...

Monbiot: The degradation of intelligence and learning in American politics
October 28, 2008, 1 Comment

The Triumph of Ignorance Why morons succeed in U.S. politics (The Guardian) How was it allowed to happen? How did politi ...

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