Jan 6: Impeachment – How will it work + long term effects?
Jan 13: Implications of corporate concentration of the news media?
Jan 20: Is the United States a meritocracy?
Jan 27: Are Russia and/or China weaker than they appear?
Feb 3: Generation Z: How will post-Millennials change the USA?
Feb 10: Why do so many American Christians feel under siege?
Feb 17: How do dating and romance vary in different stages of life?
Feb 24: Sacramento’s activist agenda: Too much or too little?
March 2: How can we rebuild U.S. democracy?
March 9: The ethics of human brain augmentation.
Rest of March: Cancelled due to pandemic.
April 6: How will the pandemic effect American in the longer term?
April 13: U.S. military-industrial complex – Worse than ever or exaggerated as ever?
April 20: Is the era of small government over now?
April 27: Loneliness and isolation as problems of a wired world (pandemic aside).
May 4: How will History judge us in these times?
May 11: Are Americans growing more or less tolerant?
May 18: Buddhist thought – How influential is it in USA?
May 25: Is the American Century over? How will global problems get solved?
June 1: Why did Biden win the Democratic nomination?
June 8: Future of the Tijuana-San Diego relationship.
June 15: Which is more common: Wisdom of crowds or Groupthink?
June 22: Supreme Court term ending June 30: Blockbusters + long-term impact?
June 29: Social distancing: Controversies and short/long-run effects.
July 6: Should intergovernmental organizations be given more power to solve global problems?
July 13: Separation of church and state – its proper meaning going forward.
July 20: Liberal/progressive and conservative/right-wing – How do they differ?
July 27: Police reform: How radical? How build public support?
Aug 3: Is American democracy itself at stake in November?
Aug 10: Civics education in America: How badly needed + how good?
Aug 17: Self-driving vehicles: Fears and realities.
Aug 24: New models for 21st century journalism.
Aug 31: Which promises has President Trump kept?
Sept 7: What are the best ways to support the causes we believe in?
Sept 14: Gender equality in America – Who is winning, who is losing?
Sept 21: Has Trump’s presidency revealed specific flaws in the Constitution?
Sept 28: San Diego’s transportation problems and solutions.
Oct 5: California’s Nov. 2020 ballot propositions.
Oct 12: Which wins in November: Fear mongering or substantive agendas?
Oct 19: Can the election be stolen? Will perpetrators pay any political/legal price?
Oct 26: Love under lockdown – Finding it, keeping it, thriving.
Nov 2: What will happen if tomorrow’s election results remain in doubt?
Nov. 9: Election post-mortem.
Nov 16: Would more gender balance in leadership change the country a lot?
Nov 23: Do U.S. regions have harmful stereotypes about each other?
Nov 30: Has COVID pandemic exposed huge failings in U.S. economy, society, & politics?
Dec 7: Will Trump/GOP succeed in sabotaging Biden and public trust in democracy?
Dec 14: Understanding psychological and moral foundations of political beliefs.
Dec 21: Why is religion used so often to justify oppression and murder?
Dec 28: No mtg. Happy holidays!
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