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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 #2136
February 22, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2136

One month ago, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ organization moved the seconds hand of the Doomsday Clock closer ...

Wednesday Night #2135
February 15, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2135

News of the death toll (estimated at well over 40,000) and devastation wreaked in Turkey/Turkiye and Syria by last week& ...

Wednesday Night #2134
February 8, 2023, 1 Comment

Horrific news from Turkey and Syria – the death toll now over 12,000 and climbing. Turkey and Syria earthquake dea ...

Wednesday Night #2133
February 1, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2133

As Putin’s War rages in Ukraine, the upcoming anniversary of the Yalta Conference (4-11 February 1945) is a remind ...

Wednesday Night #2132
January 25, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2132

Jan. 22, 1973: The day that changed America Jan. 22, 1973, was the day Henry Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam ...

Wednesday Night #2131
January 18, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2131

The annual WEF (Davos) meeting runs this week (16-20 January) under the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’. P ...

Wednesday Night #2130
January 11, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2130

Peter Berezin is with us and will explain (and defend?) the conclusions of his most recent Strategy Report, encouragingl ...

Wednesday Night #2129
January 4, 2023, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2129

As Quebecers note (we can hardly say ‘celebrate’) the 25th anniversary of the infamous ice storm, Environmen ...

Wednesday Night #2128 – Janus edition
December 28, 2022, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2128 – Janus edition

As some slowly wind down celebrations of Rohatsu (Bodhi Day), Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, while other ...

Wednesday Night #2127
December 21, 2022, 1 Comment

First the Good news It is the Winter Solstice. Wednesday is the shortest day of the year and from here on, the days grow ...