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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 ...

West Wing of Wednesday Night #12
March 11, 2009, Comments Off on West Wing of Wednesday Night #12

Judging by the flowers in our garden, spring has sprung (hopefully!) and once again it will soon be time for another gat ...

Transition 2008-2009
March 2, 2009, 1 Comment

Editor’s note Although the transition is technically over, we have chosen to continue this page until at least all ...

Wednesday Night #1408
February 25, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1408

With Maureen Farrow, Peter Perkins  (see also Wednesday Night.com) The President’s address to Congress and the na ...

India, Pakistan and the Mumbai massacre
February 23, 2009, 2 Comments

India’s Terror Stance Vexes Obama Amid Voter Ire at Pakistan Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — India’s 670 million voters ...

Wednesday Night #1406
February 11, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1406

See also U.S. economy 2009 T H E  R E P O R T Zero Growth Zero growth is a theory that all economic activities and poli ...

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