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August 31, 2005, Comments Off

How is it that the richest country in the world, with the largest military budget in the world, does not have the milita ...

August 24, 2005, Comments Off

Incoming Class of 2009 As the media love to remind us every Fall, the incoming university Freshman class does not share ...

August 17, 2005, Comments Off

Who runs our society? The pithy report delivered by one Wednesday Nighter on Ralph Nader’s recent lecture on civic ...

May 11, 2005, Comments Off

May 11, 2005 As so often happens, events (or the stars) are aligning to ensure an exciting Wednesday Night this week. Wi ...

April 13, 2005, Comments Off

April 13, 2005 Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It can, however, be transformed.Energy can neither be create ...

March 16, 2005, 2 Comments

March 16, 2005 Bernard Ebbers It seems only normal that Bernard Ebbers, former C.E.O. of WorldCom, be a topic at Wednesd ...

March 2, 2005, Comments Off

Recognition of recent deaths There was a brief recognition of two recent deaths: Hunter Thompson, the inventor of “ ...

February 16, 2005, Comments Off

See also #1198 on Wednesday-Night.com The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change has kicked in, Canada has no plan and the U.S ...

February 9, 2005, 1 Comment

See also Jacques Clément on China’s economy and #1197 on Wednesday-Night.com Introduction The evening opened with ...

January 19, 2005, Comments Off

January 19, 2005 What is art? A video news clip of the opening of the Moishe Safdie-designed Desmarais Pavilion of the M ...

WikiLeaks
March 13, 2022, 1 Comment
Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
July 31, 2023, 3 Comments
Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023, Comments Off on Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
May 11, 2022, Comments Off on SCOTUS & the US courts December 2020- May 2022
Wednesday Night #1974
January 15, 2020, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1974

Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Richard Shaw Minturn RIPFebruary 12, 2025
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on Herbert Bercovitz OWN R.I.P.December 5, 2024
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-September 10, 2024
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
Diana Thebaud Nicholson on André-Eugène Audet 1939 – 2024 RIPJuly 25, 2024
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Alireza Najafi-Yazdi on Wednesday Night #2210July 21, 2024
I’m sure by now all have heard about Biden’s dropping out. Although we all agreed last Wednesday that this was…