All posts tagged Syria

Wednesday Night #1644
September 4, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1644

What Raoul Wallenberg Can Teach Us About Syria During his brief stopover in Stockholm today, President Obama made a symb ...

Wednesday Night #1643
August 28, 2013, 1 Comment

The full house included Robert Landori‘s guest, Quebec film pioneer André Link, co-founder of Cinepix, and later, ...

Wednesday Night #1634
June 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1634

The good news is that Montreal again has a mayor  (our third in seven months) – the bad news is that it isn’t N ...

Wednesday Night #1633
June 19, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1633

The Scribe’s reflections This week`s salon witnessed a sad discussion on the depth and breadth of emphasis on rela ...

Wednesday Night #1630
May 29, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1630

Sixty-five years ago this Wednesday, on May 29, 1948, officers were sent to monitor the truce established following the ...

Russia in 2011-12
December 28, 2012, Comments Off on Russia in 2011-12

LEON ARON: Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong *And why it matters today in a ...

Middle East/Arab world in 2012
December 20, 2012, Comments Off on Middle East/Arab world in 2012

The fallacy of the phrase, ‘the Muslim world’ Western media reinforces stereotypes by reducing a complex set ...

Israel – Palestine/Gaza 2012
December 20, 2012, 9 Comments

20 December Marching Toward a Third Uprising? (IPS) – While the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip hasn’t been so quiet for ...

Wednesday Night #1607
December 19, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1607

The evening was enhanced by seasonal treats supplied by Catherine (the famous mince pies), Katherine Waters (Scottish sh ...

Wednesday Night #1605
December 4, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1605

If you have not yet admired it, we highly recommend the Economist’s current Daily chart: The Advent Calendar – A ...

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