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Oct.27.2012 Water Wars: A big dam problem It’s been one hundred years – minus just a couple of months – since the people of San Francisco got permission from Congress to build a dam on the Tuolomne River in Yosemite National Park, thereby creating a giant reservoir which has been delivering pristine water to millions of Californians...	Feb.28.2012 Looking at Armageddon Imagine the unimaginable: some nuclear-armed country (or scary terrorist group) drops a bomb on a perceived enemy. A few million people die, instantaneously or soon. Nuclear winter follows, a period of noontime darkness lasting for decades in which no crops can grow -- and a few billion people...
Dec.15.2011 On naughty, nice & Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson spoke recently at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco about his new biography of Steve Jobs. It is a thoroughly researched account of an unusual man, some say 'genius.' No offense to Mr. Isaacson or Mr. Jobs, but I'm going to pass on reading the book. This has nothing to do with...	Oct.18.2010 Hillary Clinton and her audience According to the news reports, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Commonwealth Club- sponsored speech last Friday was all about drug wars in Mexico, climate change, terrorism and how to fight it, State Department stuff of note. But I thought the more interesting thing -- I was among the 48...
Feb.01.2009 It's the Psychology, Stupid! “Never underestimate the power of psychology in the economy” cautions John Steele Gordon, a business historian. Robert Reich, the former US Secretary of Labor, said something to the same effect recently (on 1/23/09) in a lecture to the Commonwealth Club. Talk to any shrewd used car salesperson or...	Apr.24.2008 Red Room Panel Update Thanks to all who joined a packed house to hear this week’s Commonwealth Club panel on Red Room. It was a great evening for writers to meet and discuss their thoughts on community. The discussion was recorded for radio and filmed by our production team, so please visit the site soon to hear and...
Apr.21.2008 Come one, come all to the Commonwealth Club Come one, come all to the Commonwealth Club tonight for a panel about writer's joining together to create networks to conquer the world! Well, maybe not the entire planet... In the flyer promoting tonight's panel, Maya Angelou is quoted as saying: "There is no greater agony than bearing an...	Apr.19.2008 Commonwealth Club Panel on Red Room this Monday, April 21st While there are many perks to working with over 800 accomplished and diverse authors, I will have the special honor of hearing five of them speak this coming Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The panel is titled "Red Room: Building A Community For Writers," and the...