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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
World-wide migration/refugees
Why Al Jazeera will not say Mediterranean ‘migrants’ The word migrant has become a largely inaccurate umbrel ...
Wednesday Night #2175
22 November 1963 -President John F. Kennedy is assassinated Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. K ...
Israel, Palestine/Gaza/Hamas October-21 November 2023
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords? (14/09/22) Hamas: Who are the group’s most prominent leade ...
Wednesday Night #2174
Do you have courtroom sketches of yourself and your children? If the answer is no, you are doing just fine [as a parent] ...
Canada: International relations, defense and foreign policy May-November 2023
Setting the scene Welcome to our special Policy issue of January-February-2023, The Diplomats, on the Canadians who repr ...
Democrats/progressives 2022- November 2023
9-10 November Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t seek reelection in 2024 (NPR) The long-awaited decision by the r ...
Spain & Catalonia 2017 – 2023
8 August One of Europe’s Hottest Cities Rediscovers an Old Cooling Technique (Bloomberg) One of the coolest spots in S ...
Wednesday Night #2173 with Peter Berezin
For a brief shining moment, we turned away from the dire events in Israel/Gaza, Ukraine and other parts of the world to ...
Hamish Macaulay R.I.P.
MACAULAY, Ian Hamish Ian Hamish Macaulay (known as Hamish) was born in the UK on July 18, 1936, and died on February 18, ...
Wednesday Night #2172
Another star dimmed, but after a life well-led ‘Storytelling was her life’: Veteran CBC journalist Elizabeth ...
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Wednesday Night #2250
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Trump 2.0 April 27 2025-
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U.S. Economy March 2025-
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Ukraine August 2024-
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The Papacy 2024-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
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Wednesday Night #1974
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This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…