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The Maurice Duplessis legacy
October 23, 2009, Comments Off on The Maurice Duplessis legacy

An icon of Quebec’s misunderstood past Commenting on Brother André’s canonization, Conrad Black invokes the ...

Wednesday Night #1442
October 21, 2009, 2 Comments

On the eve of George W. Bush’s luncheon speech to a gathering of individuals willing to fork out a modest $4000 pe ...

Wednesday Night #1441
October 14, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1441

On the eve of Lord Mayor Peter Trent’s return to that office (he is to be sworn in at noon on Thursday), the eveni ...

China's 60th birthday
October 3, 2009, Comments Off on China's 60th birthday

  From the Economist archives, October 4 1969 It’s later than Mao thinks China needs pulling together more urgent ...

William Safire R.I.P.
September 27, 2009, Comments Off on William Safire R.I.P.

Maureen Dowd: On Safire William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79 (NYT) William Safire, a s ...

Senator Edward Kennedy R.I.P.
September 24, 2009, Comments Off on Senator Edward Kennedy R.I.P.

More on Wednesday-Night.com ; [Paul G.] Kirk Heads to Senate With Brief, Crucial Mission Given the myriad other roles Pa ...

R2P : Responsibility to protect
September 22, 2009, 1 Comment

The INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (ICRtoP) ; Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Right ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #18
September 5, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #18

Here is the invite for next week’s salon – Sept 9th, 2009 (yes, 09/09/09 for those of you paying attention t ...

China post 2008 Olympics
September 4, 2009, Comments Off on China post 2008 Olympics

Chinese separatists blamed for syringe attack violence Chinese authorities dispatched police in riot gear to disperse pr ...

Wednesday Night #1435
September 2, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1435

The rise and fall of real estate values never ceases to fascinate. John McAfee, founder of the antivirus company has rec ...

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