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Wednesday Night #1437
September 16, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1437

We know that you rely on us to keep you informed of key events and anniversaries, so are happy to point to the 65th anni ...

Securing the Northwest Passage
September 10, 2009, Comments Off on Securing the Northwest Passage

 Arctic passage close to reality The retreat of Arctic Ocean ice is allowing two German ships to complete a dream of sa ...

Wednesday Night #1436
September 9, 2009, 2 Comments

People want to be led As President Obama was giving his address to Congress on health care just before Wednesday Night c ...

U.S. : An End of Summer Quiz
September 5, 2009, Comments Off on U.S. : An End of Summer Quiz

Read and weep By GAIL COLLINS (NYT) As the summer of ’09 slinks off into the sunset, let’s take a minute to reminisc ...

Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?
August 9, 2009, Comments Off on Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?

Media Matters Why Neoconservative Pundits Love Jon Stewart (New York Magazine) “There is genuine intellectual curi ...

New rules for US-Canada border crossing
July 14, 2009, Comments Off on New rules for US-Canada border crossing

How to fix the mess at the Canada-U.S. border (National Post) The Brookings Institution has taken a look at the Canada-U ...

Wednesday Night #1427
July 8, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1427

Science and ethics The announcement that British scientists claim to have created human sperm in the laboratory from emb ...

President Obama & the Americas
June 29, 2009, Comments Off on President Obama & the Americas

Search ‘Latin America’ on www.wednesday-night.com The Eclipse of the Americas How the Trinidad Summit Marked ...

Blackrock
June 11, 2009, Comments Off on Blackrock

Barclays lands capital-boosting BlackRock deal LONDON/BOSTON — BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investo ...

Wednesday Night #1326 – Postscript: More on Arctic Claims
May 29, 2009, 3 Comments

The Arctic’s oil reserves mapped (BBC) An estimated 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas and 13% of its undis ...

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