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Wednesday Night #1539
August 31, 2011, 2 Comments

THE PROLOGUE I am not worried about inflation … The risk to the global economy is not inflation, the risk is that ...

The Role of Values in Driving Climate Disputes
August 31, 2011, Comments Off on The Role of Values in Driving Climate Disputes

Andrew Revkin: Dot Earth Reacting to yesterday’s piece on how better definitions of terms could help clarify climate d ...

Wednesday Night #1538
August 24, 2011, 1 Comment

Jack Layton and Canadian politics Jack Layton is being laid to rest after having led a group, largely composed of neophy ...

U.S. Economy 2011 – credit rating
August 22, 2011, 8 Comments

Head of rating agency S&P stepping down NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Standard & Poor’s is steppi ...

Wednesday Night #1535
August 3, 2011, 3 Comments

It’s pretty scary out there. If you look at the historical data, every single time that growth has dipped below 2% ...

AECL
June 30, 2011, 3 Comments

AECL pulls plug on costly reactor project (CBC) The federal government has quietly shelved development of a new Canadian ...

U.S. Economy 2011 – the first six months
June 30, 2011, Comments Off on U.S. Economy 2011 – the first six months

The Onion: Something About Tax Cuts Or Earnings Or Money Or Something In Recent Economic News published in September 201 ...

US Election 2012: Weighing and Examining
June 29, 2011, Comments Off on US Election 2012: Weighing and Examining

David T. Jones: US Election 2012: Weighing and Examining – a useful early-days primer for Canadians from our Wedne ...

Canada: 2011 Federal election
June 22, 2011, 4 Comments

Orphaned Voter : Canada’s electoral system is broken More women running this election – but many in hopeless rac ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #37 May 32, 2011
May 28, 2011, Comments Off on West Wing Wednesday Night #37 May 32, 2011

 Important postscript from the West Wing As always a new theme has emerged in the last few days so I will add it for yo ...