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Wednesday Night #1958

September 25, 2019, Comments Off

The dominant story of the week (until late Tuesday afternoon) has been Climate change/crisis/action moving from the worl ...

Wednesday Night #1957

September 18, 2019, Comments Off

15 September was the 50th anniversary of the tabling of the Partners in Development: Report of the Commission on Interna ...

Wednesday Night #1956

September 11, 2019, Comments Off

9/11 already 18 years ago. As always, there are many poignant articles and editorials. The opinion piece by Omer Aziz &# ...

Desmond Morton OWN R.I.P.

September 6, 2019, Comments Off

Desmond Morton, historian and McGill University professor, dead at 81 Author who chronicled Canada’s history remem ...

Wednesday Night #1955

September 4, 2019, Comments Off

[The] test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still ...

Wednesday Night #1954

August 28, 2019, Comments Off

The world – and host country France – appear to have survived the 2019 G7 Summit relatively unscathed. Both ...

Wednesday Night #1953

August 21, 2019, Comments Off

August 23, 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of ...

David Taylor Jones 1941 – 2019 RIP

August 20, 2019, 1 Comment

JONES David Taylor Jones, 77, of Arlington, VA, passed away on August 6, 2019 in Philadelphia, surrounded by his wife an ...

Yves Jasmin, O.C. 27 February 1922 – 23 July 2019

August 15, 2019, Comments Off

15 August Yves Jasmin, 97, spread the gospel of Expo 67 to a world initially full of skeptics (Globe & Mail) His mis ...

Wednesday Night #1952

August 14, 2019, Comments Off

It is a delight to welcome Tyler Meredith this Wednesday after a long absence. We have not seen Tyler since he left IR ...

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