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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 # 1774
March 2, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 1774

March is certainly coming in like the proverbial lion with Tuesday night’s blizzard And Donald Trump’s victories in ...

Wednesday Night #1773
February 24, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1773

It’s not usual for technology to dominate the news feed, but this week it’s all about Apple vs. the FBI and ...

Wednesday Night # 1772
February 16, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night # 1772

Sad news – Trailblazer, bridge-builder, Victor Goldbloom dies at age 92, but what an amazing life he led! Many bel ...

Wednesday Night #1771
February 10, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1771

Happy Chinese New Year 2016! The Year of the [Red] Monkey kicks off around the world According to Chinese Five Elements ...

Wednesday Night #1770
February 3, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1770

Delighted to have Peter Berezin with us this week to share his views on the world economy, along with any insights he ma ...

Wednesday Night #1769
January 27, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1769

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  David Jones takes the opportunity to publish in The Metropolita ...

Wednesday Night #1768
January 20, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1768

The rich, powerful, famous, and even infamous, are congregating in the temporarily gated community of Davos for the 46th ...

Wednesday Night 1767
January 13, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night 1767

The death of David Bowie over the weekend has unleashed a world-wide torrent of eulogies absent only (unless we missed s ...

Wednesday Night #1766
January 6, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1766

After a fascinating and informative debate on climate change, it was agreed that ascribing blame -even establishing caus ...

Wednesday Night #1765
December 30, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1765

The presence of Marion Canute changed the focus of the evening’s discussion to her recent experiences as the Germa ...