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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 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. Since Herb was no longer up to the task, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #2196
April 17, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2196

Belated (by one day) Birthday greetings to Peter Frise! Normally the Middle East would have been our continuing top stor ...

Wednesday Night #2195
April 10, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2195

To all our friends who are celebrating the end of Ramadan: Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid Mu ...

Wednesday Night #2194
April 3, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2194

It was, as always, a great pleasure to have Peter Berezin join us last Wednesday, with the added treat of (Columbia Prof ...

Wednesday Night #2193 with Peter Berezin
March 27, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2193 with Peter Berezin

As always, we are delighted to have Peter Berezin with us for the pre-Easter WN and anticipate his comments on the effec ...

Wednesday Night #2192
March 20, 2024, 1 Comment

Spring has sprung -sort-of and the concurrent celebration of the season of Nowruz, the annual 13-day festival that marks ...

Wednesday Night #2191
March 13, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2191

Israel/Palestine/Red Sea; Haiti; Russia/Ukraine Ramadan Begins as Hunger and Fear Stalk Gaza Palestinians in Gaza, where ...

Wednesday Night #2190
March 6, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2190

Brian Mulroney 1939-2024 R.I.P. Dominating Canadian news -with a good dash of international media references- the death ...

Wednesday Night #2189
February 28, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2189

AGAIN! Days Before Shutdown Deadline, Biden Summons Congressional Leaders for Talks President Biden plans to discuss the ...

Wednesday Night #2188
February 21, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2188

Of course our main preoccupations have been -and likely will continue to be- Russia‘s continuing and accelerating ...

Wednesday Night #2187
February 14, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2187

Last Wednesday, we wished one another a Happy Dragon New Year in anticipation of the start of the Chinese lunar new year ...

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