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 #1956
September 11, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1956

9/11 already 18 years ago. As always, there are many poignant articles and editorials. The opinion piece by Omer Aziz &# ...

Wednesday Night #1955
September 4, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1955

[The] test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still ...

Wednesday Night #1954
August 28, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1954

The world – and host country France – appear to have survived the 2019 G7 Summit relatively unscathed. Both ...

Wednesday Night #1953
August 21, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1953

August 23, 2019 marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of ...

Wednesday Night #1952
August 14, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1952

It is a delight  to welcome Tyler Meredith this Wednesday after a long absence. We have not seen Tyler since he left IR ...

Wednesday Night #1951
August 7, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1951

Arguably summer’s excessive heat contributes to general irritability, irrational behavior, and, sadly, in some cases c ...

Wednesday Night #1950
July 31, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1950

One of the last of the Expo leadership team, Yves Jasmin, for whom I worked in my first years at Expo and who post-Expo ...

Wednesday Night #1949 with the Singapore Nicholsons
July 24, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1949 with the Singapore Nicholsons

THE VERY GOOD NEWS IS THAT MARC, JEAN, MAYA AND TEBO ARE WITH US THIS WEDNESDAY. ON THEIR LAST STOP OF AN AMAZING TRIP ( ...

Wednesday Night #1948
July 17, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1948

So far, all that is good is the news that Ursula von der Leyen of Germany is to lead the European Commission and the 32, ...

Wednesday Night #1947
July 10, 2019, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1947

SO proud of our two OWN Wednesday Nighters taking action on this critical health issue! Cannot think of a better team. C ...