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 #2230
December 11, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2230

A week ago, no-one was predicting the incredibly swift collapse of Syria‘s Assad regime. Anne Applebaum appropriat ...

Wednesday Night #2229
December 4, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2229

The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on Wednesday 4 December The story of its origins is touching and, appr ...

Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin
November 27, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin

We were struck by the paucity of references in any media this year to the 22 November anniversary of JFK’s assassi ...

Wednesday Night #2227
November 20, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2227

APEC, G20, Climate Change COP29 … Multilateralism is everywhere. As the assorted leaders huddle while their sherpa ...

Wednesday Night #2226
November 13, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2226

As the days grow shorter, darkness envelops us physically -though you MUST check out the spectacular Beaver Supermoon r ...

Wednesday Night #2225
November 6, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2225

‘Trump’s America’: Comeback Victory Signals a Different Kind of Country In the end, Donald J. Trump is not the his ...

Wednesday Night # 2224
October 30, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 2224

While our main preoccupation is the US election, there are other international events that warrant attention and in many ...

Wednesday Night #2223
October 23, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2223

The news from the U.S. is not encouraging. We urge you to read Bret Stephens: There’s One Main Culprit if Donald Trump ...

Wednesday Night #2222
October 16, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2222

While Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving, 14 October is Indigenous Peoples Day in the U.S. Both fall on the second Monday ...

Wednesday Night #2221
October 9, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2221

It is a week of waiting for other shoes to drop. Topping the list is Israel and the Middle East While many may have expe ...