January 7 — Entropy and feel-good solutions to environmenal problems
January 14 — Status of the bailouts. Are they working?
January 21 — Particle accelerators’ role in astronomy
January 28 — Germany’s contributions to Western culture
February 4 – What is the scientific method/ How is it used?
February 11 – What is the Federal Reserve? What does it do?
February 18 – Amnesty International and the death penalty
February 25 – President Obama’s year one report card.
March 4 – Israel and Iran: Is a military clash inevitable?
March 11 – Understanding the Latest Theories on Origin of the Universe.
March 18: Why did the USSR collapse?
March 25 – Understanding Epicureanism
April 1 – The Future of U.S. Catholicism
April 8 – Zero Population Growth and the Demographic Transition
April 15 – Is language innate?
April 22 – Understanding the Hare Krishnas
April 29 – What lies beyond capitalism and socialism?
May 6 – Do psychological therapies work?
May 13 – Understanding the philosophy of Karl Popper
May 20 – What’s new in San Diego politics?
May 27 – The fall of Rome.
June 3 – Understanding modern diplomacy
June 10 – What exactly is “time?”
June 17 – Are we still living in “the Enlightenment?”
June 24 – Is authoritarianism making a comeback in U.S. politics?
July 1 – Is modern humor too mean-spirited and dumbed-down?
July 8 – Who are the most influencial philosophers and why?
July 15 – Why is the United States so involved in other nations’ political business?
July 22 – How have volcanoes affected human history?
July 29 – Modern Brazil; A Success Story?
August 5 – What does separation of church and state mean?
August 12 – The politics of food.
August 19 – Can we have immigration reform that satisfies everyone?
August 26 – Decline of the traditional family.
September 2 – Energy conservation or “drill, baby, drill?”
September 9 – Do we have to cut Social Security and other entitlements?
September 16 – How real are human energy fields and other metaphysical ideas?
September 23 -Do we have a Constitutionasl right to privacy?
September 30 – Do we have free will?
October 7 – What is sin?
October 14 – How should cooperation and competition coexist?
October 21 – November’s Ballot Propositions
October 28 – What If Voting Were Mandatory?
November 4 – Are the tea parties here to stay?
November 11 – Prohibition: What did we learn?
November 18 – Is when life begins all that matters?
November 25 – Thanksgiving, no meeting.
December 2 – How hard is it to build or obtain a nuclear weapon?
December 9 – Facebook and the future of friendship.
December 16 – Why do Americans hate taxes?
December 23 – Is the rich/poor gap a ticking time bomb?
December 30 – Crime and Punishment, or rehabilitation?
Great topics for the upcoming conversations!