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Global Trends
November 21, 2008, Comments Off on Global Trends

(Foreign Policy Morning Brief) U.S. power and influence is waning, according to a new report by the U.S. intelligence co ...

Wednesday Night #1394
November 19, 2008, 1 Comment

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of election ...

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias
November 11, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Presidential Campaign: Media bias

This is a very important issue. It happens that in the case of this election, we share the ‘elite, liberal’ ...

Obama's Challenge — Stratfor
November 10, 2008, Comments Off on Obama's Challenge — Stratfor

We find this article to be an excellent summary of  the complex problems that the President-elect will face and therefo ...

U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath
November 9, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Election Night 2008 and the aftermath

   Electoral College votes  and counting Obama wins historic US election John McCain’s very gracious concession ...

Studs Terkel
October 31, 2008, Comments Off on Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel: He’ll Never Be Silenced Remembering the original guerrilla journalist By Jeff Cohen, director of the Par ...

The Economy – What went wrong & What’s next? II
October 31, 2008, 1 Comment

See Part I of this topic/saga ; The evolving bailout plan ; The world after the (bailout) vote 31 October 2008 Reversal ...

Monbiot: The degradation of intelligence and learning in American politics
October 28, 2008, 1 Comment

The Triumph of Ignorance Why morons succeed in U.S. politics (The Guardian) How was it allowed to happen? How did politi ...

Russia & Georgia
October 25, 2008, 3 Comments

  Wednesday-night.com on Russia Georgia-Russia conflict (BBC) Russia & Georgia another viewpoint The Crisis in Geor ...

Wednesday Night #1390
October 22, 2008, 2 Comments

T H E  R E P O R T Maureen Farrow paid an unexpected – and most welcome – visit, contributing immensely to ...

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