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 #1976 with Peter Berezin
January 29, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1976 with Peter Berezin

Always happy to announce that Peter Berezin will be with us and this week there is certainly much to comment on. In his ...

Wednesday Night #1975
January 22, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1975

Happy New Year to all who celebrate Chinese (Lunar) New Year this Saturday, 25 January. Although known as the Year of th ...

Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974

What a week! Headline writers, pundits, analysts, pontificators  and comedians struggle to keep up. Relegating other gl ...

Wednesday Night #1973
January 8, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1973

Iran crisis We woke on Friday morning to the news that Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani (Portrait of a General) was killed alo ...

Wednesday Night #1972 New Year’s 2020
January 1, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1972 New Year’s 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR to one and all! And take comfort – or maybe not – in the fact that we will have 2020 vision t ...

Wednesday Night #1971 – Christmas
December 25, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1971 – Christmas

A Wednesday Night like no other: Woman dies after Christmas morning shooting in city’s 24th homicide Police arrive ...

Wednesday Night #1970
December 18, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1970

‘Twas the night before Wednesday, when all through the house, Only one creature was stirring – and that would be ...

Wednesday Night #1969
December 11, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1969

Yes, these are shortest – darkest – days of the year, but does the news have to match the darkness? From pol ...

Wednesday Night #1968
December 4, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1968

While most of us regard the U.S. Thanksgiving as a benign, stress-free precursor to the commercial Christmas madness (sa ...

Wednesday Night #1967 with Peter Berezin
November 27, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1967 with Peter Berezin

We must note that WN #1967 evokes the memories of a magical year for Canada. Would that the future looked as bright and ...