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Wednesday Night #1848
Over the past months, we have frequently commented on the grimness of the news, but the confrontation between North Kore ...
Wednesday Night #1847
We had to wait before posting this to learn who would be the hosts of the ‘new’ National. As devotees of CBC news, w ...
Wednesday Night #1846
We never thought that one of the major news items for a Wednesday Night would be one that dealt with Boy Scouts of Ameri ...
Wednesday Night #1845
The dominant news is of the débacle of the Republicans’ attempt to repeal & replace ObamaCare (see Affordable ...
Wednesday Night #1844
Diana has been felled by a sinus/cold and headache which has seriously damaged her ability to think clearly, so please f ...
Wednesday Night #1843
To add to Gerald Ratzer’s eclectic collection of historical and fun facts: Founding fathers Thomas Jefferson, John ...
Wednesday Night #1842
Welcome back Peter Berezin! Peter’s latest report, titled Stocks Are From Mars, Bonds Are From Venus? makes the fo ...
Wednesday Night #1841 with Akaash Maharaj
Join us in celebrating the Summer Solstice – from here on the days get shorter. Thanks to Gerald Ratzer and other ...
Wednesday Night #1840
There are weeks when we are inundated with new news, events, facts, commentary and hypotheses, some of which reinforce p ...
Wednesday Night #1839
Kudos to Cleo Paskal. Wednesday Nighters who attended her “Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific” were enthusiastic about ...
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Putin’s War Russia-Ukraine September 2024-
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Trump Tariffs & Trade 15 April 2025-
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Trump 2.0 April 27 2025-
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U.S. – Russia relations April 2024 –
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U.S. Government & governance July 3, 2025 –
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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…