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SCOTUS & the US courts June 2022-December 2023
How to Fix the Supreme Court Lawfare See also: SCOTUS and the US courts SCOTUS, Trump & the US courts 21 December Tr ...
Corruption & crime November 2021-December 2023
Transparency International The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Conference of the States Parties to ...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by repr ...
Henry Kissinger 1923-2023
Henry Kissinger, dominant US diplomat of Cold War era, dies aged 100 (Reuters) – Henry Kissinger, the most powerfu ...
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 ...
Africa: Conflict and governance Niger 2023-
US to evict Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic from trade program (Reuters) [President Biden] also cited ...
AI, Chatbots, Society & Technology May-October 2023
Bill C-27 Yoshua Bengio Artificial intelligence (AI) The Guardian Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, is ...
Canada: government & governance January-November 2023
Sean Speer The Hub Canada: government & governance December 2021-December 30 2022 What a federal ethics report revea ...
China: government and governance September 2022-
China The Prince: Searching for Xi Jinping Xi Jinping is the most powerful person in the world. At China’s 20th Commun ...
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Multilateralism May 2025-
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Quebec Liberal Party June 2025-
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Canada: government & governance January 2025-
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Westmount 2018-
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Quebec 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
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974
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…