All posts in Wednesday Nights

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 #1344
December 5, 2007, 6 Comments

Oh the weather outside is frightful And the news is not delightful The pundits’ll trumpet our woes While the count ...

Wednesday Night #1343 – Climate Change & Biodiversity
November 28, 2007, 2 Comments

The eve of the UNFCCC COP13 in Bali, should serve as a fitting conclusion to the Unisfera Conference on Business & S ...

Beyond the Red Wall – Update
November 23, 2007, 5 Comments

November 27, 2007 David Kilgour  had advised that the complete unedited version of the documentary is posted on YouTube ...

Wednesday Night #1342
November 21, 2007, 3 Comments

21 November 2007 There are the obvious topics that have dominated the news over the last few days: The OPEC Summit and w ...

UN: climate change will have 'abrupt and irreversible' consequences
November 18, 2007, 2 Comments

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 17 — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, describing climate change as “the defining challenge of ou ...

It's all in the name(s)
November 14, 2007, Comments Off on It's all in the name(s)

For those who have enjoyed the critical look at the subprime crisis offered by the Long Johns and who delighted in their ...

Wednesday Night #1341
November 14, 2007, 3 Comments

14 November 2007 A few weeks ago, Tony Deutsch suggested as a topic the subject of the New York Times article “The ...

Wednesday Night #1339 Update: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
November 13, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1339 Update: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Give One Get One The OLPC project, which we have been following for some time, is dear to our hearts and has been discus ...

Wednesday Night #1340
November 7, 2007, 2 Comments

7 November 2007 It’s a very mixed and quite bleak bag this week, with the crisis in Pakistan dominating the intern ...

Climate Change – IPCC Report questioned
November 3, 2007, 1 Comment

In the interest of fair play, not to mention our collective education, we feel we must include the link to IPCC too blin ...