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KNUT HAMMARSKJOLD, DIPLOMAT 1922-2012
January 30, 2012, Comments Off on KNUT HAMMARSKJOLD, DIPLOMAT 1922-2012

Globe & Mail: Knut Hammarskjold helped shape international aviation By Alan Hustak The text is the same as the one t ...

Knut Hammarskjöld 1922-2012
January 25, 2012, 7 Comments

Margo Somerville’s message announced the “sad news that Knut died on January 3rd, 13 days before his 90th Bi ...

Wednesday Night #1560
January 25, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1560

PROLOGUE The world has and continues to spin fast and furiously. As we contemplate the vortex, we would like to draw to ...

Wednesday Night #1558
January 11, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1558

With a great sense of loss, we share the sad news of Knut Hammarskjöld’s death on January 3rd, just 13 days shy of hi ...

Wednesday Night #1557
January 4, 2012, 1 Comment

Our Scribe’s comments: It was an extraordinary evening, remarkably civilized considering the issues discussed, one ...

Wednesday Night #1556
December 28, 2011, 1 Comment

Wednesday Night is, of course, open for business between Christmas and New Year’s – which seems now to have ...

"Forever Tandem" by David and Teresa Jones
December 24, 2011, Comments Off on "Forever Tandem" by David and Teresa Jones

The boy from Scranton meets the girl from Novasibirsk–and they “do diplomacy” for 30 years. “For ...

Wednesday Night #1555
December 21, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1555

Last week we issued a double-header invitation, in consideration for the many in the throes of packing, travelling, or p ...

Wednesday Night #1554
December 14, 2011, 1 Comment

Given that so many are in the throes of packing, traveling, or preparing for incoming family and visitors, we thought it ...

Wednesday Night #1553
December 7, 2011, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1553

See exchange on the Middle East with David Oliver & Joumane Chahine With great thanks to Margaret Duthie for her cop ...

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