Jan 2, 2023: What if the states convened a Constitutional convention?
Jan 9: What is your worldview? What in your background formed it?
Jan 16: How has the meaning of freedom evolved in U.S. history?
Jan 23: Are the standards of adult femininity and sexuality changing?
1/30: No mtg.
Feb 6: The coming Surveillance Century.
Feb 13: What makes a marriage or long-term relationship last?
Feb 20: Are U.S. college students getting the education they need?
2/27 No mtg.
March 6: Is NATO now at war with Russia in Ukraine? How will it end?
March 13: The Surveillance Century, Part II: Governments.
March 20: Who really benefits from U.S. foreign aid?
3/27: No mtg.
April 3: Do DeSantis’s Florida & other red state govts foretell the GOP’s future?
April 10: What are Americans’ worst misconceptions re the rest of the world & vice versa?
April 17: How will major world religions evolve in the 21st century?
4/24: No mtg.
May 1: Are we living in an “Age of Impunity” for the powerful?
May 8: Which was your most rewarding decade of life?
May 15: The Constitution: A “living document” or “originalist” instructions?
May 22: Climate: Will the public ever accept real sacrifices for the long term good?
5/29 no mtg.
June 5: Why is USA so often a holdout on internatl treaties/agreements?
June 12: Are generational labels accurate, useful, and fair?
June 19: Will this Supreme Court keep amassing power? Are there ways to fight back?
6/26: No mtg.
July 3: The Frontier as myth, metaphor, and mentality in American history.
July 10: Why are so many Americans’ lives so hard?
July 17: Youth mental illness: What services do they need?
July 24: Where can people find objective or at least fair-minded news?
7/31: No mtg.
Aug 7: Is the USA drifting towards organized political violence?
August 14: How can a person “age gracefully?”
Aug 21: Trump’s 3 indictments on 78 criminal counts – and GOP voters’ enduring loyalty.
Sept 4: Can the world adapt to the immense climate damage that is coming?
Sept 11: How do cultures/political systems grow to reward prejudice & fear?
Sept 18: Is the USA slowly building an explicit industrial policy?
Oct 2: What have they done to the 14th Amendment?
Oct 9: Is gene editing a savior or a Pandora’s box?
Oct 16: Is our 2-party system a good clearinghouse for the spectrum of political ideas?
Oct 23: How should the USA deal with a newly aggressive, right-wing Israel?
Nov 6: What have third political parties accomplished in U.S. history?
Nov 13: Do immigrants strengthen American core beliefs in freedom & open markets?
Nov 20: Does U.S. society lack a long-term POV? Can democracies have one?
Dec 4: How has remote work changed the world of work?
Dec 11: Is American style suburbanism sustainable? What is the alternative?
Dec 18: How can secular and very religious Americans respect each other & get along?
12/25 & 1/1/24: Happy Holidays!
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