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Wednesday Night #2142
April 5, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2142

Happy Easter, Chag Sameach, and Ramadan Mubarak to all who celebrate! On [1 April] Russia took over the presidency of th ...

Wednesday Night #2141
March 29, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2141

A poignant 50th anniversary: March 29, 1973: Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. ...

Wednesday Night #2140
March 22, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2140

WORLD WATER DAY! UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity 22 — 24 Mar 2023, New ...

Wednesday Night #2139
March 15, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2139

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH or, if you are a faithful follower of Heather Cox Richardson, take comfort in the anniversary o ...

Wednesday Night #2138
March 8, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2138

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! The Washington Post greets the day with this: Single women take an outsize role i ...

Wednesday Night #2137
March 1, 2023, 1 Comment

The Wednesday Night Book Club The first half hour of last week was devoted to a most diverting conversation about espion ...

Wednesday Night #2136
February 22, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2136

One month ago, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ organization moved the seconds hand of the Doomsday Clock closer ...

Wednesday Night #2135
February 15, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2135

News of the death toll (estimated at well over 40,000) and devastation wreaked in Turkey/Turkiye and Syria by last week& ...

Wednesday Night #2134
February 8, 2023, 1 Comment

Horrific news from Turkey and Syria – the death toll now over 12,000 and climbing. Turkey and Syria earthquake dea ...

Wednesday Night #2133
February 1, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2133

As Putin’s War rages in Ukraine, the upcoming anniversary of the Yalta Conference (4-11 February 1945) is a remind ...