All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Democracy’s Root: Diversity — Tom Friedman
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Democracy’s Root: Diversity — Tom Friedman

November 11, 2007 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Last Tuesday, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican ...

Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Backing away from ethanol makes sense – Editorial

Sunday, November 11, 2007 Quebec’s decision to back away from developing a corn-based ethanol industry in the prov ...

Improving academic performance
November 11, 2007, Comments Off on Improving academic performance

We applaud the ideas in this column and hope that our own Wednesday Night School Commissioner and her colleagues will re ...

Extinctions could cut plant productivity in half
November 10, 2007, Comments Off on Extinctions could cut plant productivity in half

November 9, 2007 by Eve Savory, CBCNews.ca In a study that has startled even its authors, scientists have concluded that ...

CBC pulls film after calls from Chinese embassy
November 9, 2007, 1 Comment

Documentary follows the Falun Gong movement James Cowan, National Post November 08, 2007 The CBC postponed the airing of ...

Yahoo isn't the only villain
November 8, 2007, Comments Off on Yahoo isn't the only villain

The Internet giant is just one of many tech firms propping up China’s totalitarian ways. By Peter Navarro November ...

Can independent journalism survive?
November 8, 2007, Comments Off on Can independent journalism survive?

ROME, Oct 29 (IPS) – Shrinking newsrooms, declining sales and audiences, vanishing foreign correspondents, concent ...

Government wants to hear from/about seniors
November 7, 2007, Comments Off on Government wants to hear from/about seniors

Margaret Lefebvre advises that the government commission on: The living conditions of seniors a social issue that is the ...

David Jones on Easter Island
November 7, 2007, Comments Off on David Jones on Easter Island

If you didn’t see the following from American Diplomacy on 6 November, it may be of interest. DTJ   The autho ...

Wednesday Night #1340
November 7, 2007, 2 Comments

7 November 2007 It’s a very mixed and quite bleak bag this week, with the crisis in Pakistan dominating the intern ...

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