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China's global hunt for energy
October 1, 2005, Comments Off on China's global hunt for energy

By David Zweig and Bi Jianhai Foregn Affairs September/October 2005 Summary: Chinese foreign policy is now driven by Chi ...

Wednesday Night #1229
September 21, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1229

21 September 2005 Despite the lip service we have paid to other topics, Katrina, the aftermath and oil have inevitably d ...

Wednesday Night #1228: "Safe Skies" & "Crazy about Lili"
September 14, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1228: "Safe Skies" & "Crazy about Lili"

14 September 2005 Our good friend Colin Everard will be with us and we will have a mini-launch for his newly-published n ...

Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson
September 7, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1227 – with Marc Thébaud Nicholson

Post Katrina The news and discussion of the aftermath of Katrina inevitably continue, with outpourings of outrage and sc ...

Wednesday Night #1225
August 24, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1225

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

Ralph Nader on civic action
August 17, 2005, Comments Off on Ralph Nader on civic action

A brief summary of Ralph Nader’s lecture at the Festival citoyen Prologue  First of all readers should be warned ...

Wednesday Night #1222 with Maggie Catley-Carlson
August 15, 2005, 1 Comment

3 August 2005 The Invitation Thanks to our mutual friend, Peter Ratzer , we are delighted to welcome Margaret (“Ma ...

Wednesday Night #1296 – Omar Aktouf & Kimon Valskakis
April 13, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1296 – Omar Aktouf & Kimon Valskakis

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

Wednesday Night #1202
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 ...

Wednesday Night #1200
March 2, 2005, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1200

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