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 #1231
October 5, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1231

As the twelfth anniversary of the birth of the European Union approaches on the first day of next month, many see it as ...

Wednesday Night #1229
September 21, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1229

21 September 2005 Despite the lip service we have paid to other topics, Katrina, the aftermath and oil have inevitably d ...

Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson
September 7, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson

Post Katrina The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and sc ...

Wednesday Night #1226 – Oil & Katrina
August 31, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1226 – Oil & Katrina

How is it that the richest country in the world, with the largest military budget in the world, does not have the milita ...

Wednesday Night #1225
August 24, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1225

Incoming Class of 2009 As the media love to remind us every Fall, the incoming university Freshman class does not share ...

Wednesday Night #1224: the Singapore model
August 17, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1224: the Singapore model

Who runs our society? The pithy report delivered by one Wednesday Nighter on Ralph Nader’s recent lecture on civic ...

Ralph Nader on civic action
August 17, 2005, Comments Off on Ralph Nader on civic action

A brief summary of Ralph Nader’s lecture at the Festival citoyen Prologue  First of all readers should be warned ...

Wednesday Night #1222 with Maggie Catley-Carlson
August 15, 2005, 1 Comment

3 August 2005 The Invitation Thanks to our mutual friend, Peter Ratzer , we are delighted to welcome Margaret (“Ma ...

Wednesday Night #1215
June 15, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1215

Photos (slide show) of the evening Security versus privacy The concept of – and desire for – privacy has changed sin ...

Wednesday Night #1214
June 8, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1214

With the advent of summer days, would that our world could enjoy a parallel joyous growing season, filled with lush gree ...