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Wednesday Night #1351
January 23, 2008, 1 Comment

23 January 2008 We are delighted that at the suggestion of Consul General Mary Marshall, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins w ...

Europe Cutting Biofuel Subsidies
January 22, 2008, 1 Comment

January 22, 2008 Europe Cutting Biofuel Subsidies Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Govern ...

Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy
January 21, 2008, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi to invest $15 billion in Green Energy

January 22, 2008 Masdar City will be constructed in the desert on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The aims are to use only r ...

New Hampshire Primary: A 60,000-Vote Differential
January 11, 2008, 1 Comment

Jan 9, 2008 This analysis and the numerous thoughtful comments (unlike most of what we read these days) is worth reading ...

Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts
January 10, 2008, Comments Off on Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts

January 10, 2008 We are extremely grateful to our friend Philip Osano for his lucid and detailed personal observations o ...

Wednesday Night #1348
January 2, 2008, 4 Comments

2 January 2008 Oh Come all Ye Faithful Pedant and Insightful Oh Come Ye, Oh Come Ye to Wednesday Night. Come and be clev ...

Unique Kenyan Game Park Under Human Threat
January 1, 2008, Comments Off on Unique Kenyan Game Park Under Human Threat

As we worry about the outcome of the elections in Kenya and the resultant riots, the undermining of democracy and prospe ...

Year (2007) in Review – the National Post version
December 31, 2007, Comments Off on Year (2007) in Review – the National Post version

Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue
December 29, 2007, Comments Off on Beijing’s Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

China’s unsolved riddle is how to reconcile fast economic growth with environmental protection. But Beijing’s Olympi ...

Wednesday Night #1347
December 26, 2007, 3 Comments

The amazing Oscar Petersen 15 August 1925 – 23 December 2007 is mourned around the world. The last Wednesday Night ...