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George W. Bush: Report card
April 24, 2009, Comments Off on George W. Bush: Report card

We promise to take another look at these in a year’s time – or maybe more. Lest we forget! George W. Bush an ...

Chatham House Food Supply Project
April 22, 2009, Comments Off on Chatham House Food Supply Project

Thinking About the Future of Food The Chatham House Food Supply Scenarios * Demand for food is increasing because the gl ...

Wednesday Night #1415
April 14, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1415

Markets, the economy and banks Hypotheses abound explaining the cause, effect and future of stock market indices, hence ...

Wednesday Night #1414
April 8, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1414

T H E  R E P O R T John Mavridis introduced his friend Jean  Lalonde, CEO of Pleio Health Support Systems, Inc.—whic ...

The greening of Canada
April 8, 2009, Comments Off on The greening of Canada

More on Tar Sands Although principally addressed to the UK, George Monbiot’s  Why are plastic bags treated as the ...

Wednesday Night #1412
March 25, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1412

T H E  R E P O R T A forecast is not pretense at clairvoyance.  It is risk identification. If you add reasonably accur ...

Darfur – A plan
March 22, 2009, 2 Comments

Human Rights Watch: Crisis in Darfur This was in the works for a long time. They had been waiting for a chance to strike ...

Jon Stewart on business news reporting
March 20, 2009, Comments Off on Jon Stewart on business news reporting

Schott’s Vocab A new blog by Ben Schott on the words and phrases that encapsulate the times in which we live. Cram ...

Wednesday Night #1411
March 18, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1411

A last-minute (but worthy) update from our friend Jim Heffernan, who occasionally blogs on the HuffPost. “Since I ...

Wednesday Night #1410
March 11, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1410

CONGRATULATIONS to the West Wing for reaching their first anniversary. We are very proud of our Vancouver sibling and al ...