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Wednesday Night #1231
October 5, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1231

As the twelfth anniversary of the birth of the European Union approaches on the first day of next month, many see it as ...

Wednesday Night #1229
September 21, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1229

21 September 2005 Despite the lip service we have paid to other topics, Katrina, the aftermath and oil have inevitably d ...

Wednesday Night #1228: "Safe Skies" & "Crazy about Lili"
September 14, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1228: "Safe Skies" & "Crazy about Lili"

14 September 2005 Our good friend Colin Everard will be with us and we will have a mini-launch for his newly-published n ...

Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson
September 7, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson

Post Katrina The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and sc ...

Wednesday Night #1226 – Oil & Katrina
August 31, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1226 – Oil & Katrina

How is it that the richest country in the world, with the largest military budget in the world, does not have the milita ...

Wednesday Night #1224: the Singapore model
August 17, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1224: the Singapore model

Who runs our society? The pithy report delivered by one Wednesday Nighter on Ralph Nader’s recent lecture on civic ...

Wednesday Night #1222 with Maggie Catley-Carlson
August 15, 2005, 1 Comment

3 August 2005 The Invitation Thanks to our mutual friend, Peter Ratzer , we are delighted to welcome Margaret (“Ma ...

Wednesday Night #1210 Steve Poloz & Brian Mitchell
May 11, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1210 Steve Poloz & Brian Mitchell

May 11, 2005 As so often happens, events (or the stars) are aligning to ensure an exciting Wednesday Night this week. Wi ...

Wednesday Night #1296 – Omar Aktouf & Kimon Valskakis
April 13, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1296 – Omar Aktouf & Kimon Valskakis

April 13, 2005 Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can, however, be transformed.Energy can neither be create ...

Wednesday Night #1200
March 2, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1200

Recognition of recent deaths There was a brief recognition of two recent deaths: Hunter Thompson, the inventor of “ ...