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The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our late Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night Salon #1349 – emerging markets
January 9, 2008, 1 Comment

9 January 2008   The Report The Primaries Predictably, the 2008 U.S. elections was a major topic for this Wednesday ...

Memo to the PM: The world in 2008
January 7, 2008, Comments Off on Memo to the PM: The world in 2008

January 2, 2008 Jeremy Kinsman: Diplomatically Speaking While most of us are making New Year’s resolutions we like ...

Wednesday Night #1348
January 2, 2008, 4 Comments

2 January 2008 Oh Come all Ye Faithful Pedant and Insightful Oh Come Ye, Oh Come Ye to Wednesday Night. Come and be clev ...

Wednesday Night #1347
December 26, 2007, 3 Comments

The amazing Oscar Petersen 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007 is mourned around the world. The last Wednesday Night ...

Fondation de la Rue… a la Réussite
December 26, 2007, Comments Off on Fondation de la Rue… a la Réussite

A bit of dignity Fondation de la Rue… a la Réussite By P.A. Sévigny, The Suburban While thousands of homeless contin ...

New U.S. energy bill
December 20, 2007, Comments Off on New U.S. energy bill

Light Bulbs to Light Trucks, Efficiency Shapes New Energy Law WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2007 (ENS) – Congress o ...

Wednesday Night #1346
December 19, 2007, 2 Comments

Do see last week #1345 – a wonderful evening with Marc Garneau – good conversation and great photos by Rober ...

The Bali Conference – Special Reports to WN + Updates
December 14, 2007, 3 Comments

December 17, 2007 CLIMATE CHANGE: Forward, Hopefully Past the Hurdles Analysis by Ramesh Jaura BONN, Dec 17 (IPS) – ...

Wednesday Night #1345 – with Marc Garneau
December 12, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1345 – with Marc Garneau

Photos of the evening by Robert Galbraith The timing of Mr. Garneau’s first visit to Wednesday Night could not pos ...

Wednesday Night #1336 Update – More on Tar Sands
December 10, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1336 Update – More on Tar Sands

Trucks on the tar sands of Alberta. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP     This Canadian wilderness is set to be inv ...