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!

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 ...

Wednesday Night #1339
October 31, 2007, 1 Comment

31 October 2007 The Report by Catherine Gillbert David Kilgour was welcomed back and congratulated on the easy-flowing s ...

Wednesday Night #1338
October 24, 2007, 4 Comments

24 October 2007 Lately, we have spent a lot of time agonizing over the political scene in this country. So much so, that ...

Turkey as a Regional Power Stratfor analysis
October 23, 2007, Comments Off on Turkey as a Regional Power Stratfor analysis

October 23, 2007 By George Friedman Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas based in northern Iraq ambushed Turk ...

The Achievement in African Leadership award: Joaquim Chissano
October 23, 2007, Comments Off on The Achievement in African Leadership award: Joaquim Chissano

The Achievement in African Leadership award has been won by a statesman who knew when to give up power. By Claire Soares ...