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by GeorgeKunath
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: Section 3 – Possible Topics for Future Meetings
Topic: SUSPENDED: The Power of Film by the Founding Chair of UCLA’s famous Film & TV Producers Program where he taught 53 years
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SUSPENDED: The Power of Film by the Founding Chair of UCLA’s famous Film & TV Producers Program where he taught 53 years

. The reason for the suspension -- George Kunath had been entranced with Prof. Howard Suber’s six-part documentary entitled “The Power of Film” which aired on Turner Classic Movies 1/1/2024 to 2/8/2024. Per https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30423047/episodes/?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1 -- Episode 1 on 1/4...
by GeorgeKunath
Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: Participant Comments – “Poverty, by America” by Prof. Matthew Desmond – Sep 20
Topic: First Short Quiz - from the Kindle version's Study Guide
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First Short Quiz - from the Kindle version's Study Guide

. 1. What was your experience reading Poverty, by America? What three words describe that experience, and why? 2. Matthew Desmond defines poverty as “a tight knot of social maladies,” breaking with conventional definitions that focus only on low incomes. What are the implications of this view? How w...
by GeorgeKunath
Fri Jul 21, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Original Proposal - When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives - Aug 16
Topic: Original Proposal - When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threat
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Original Proposal - When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threat

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:33 am – 46 views in Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here. I propose that we read When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives by Heather Mac...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:50 pm
Forum: Original Proposal – “Bibi: My Story” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Jan 18
Topic: Original Proposal – “Bibi: My Story” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Jan 18
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Original Proposal – “Bibi: My Story” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Jan 18

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Mon Nov 21, 2022 5:57 pm – 88 views in Section 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here . I propose that we read “Bibi: My Story” by Benjamin Netanyahu - Israeli Prime Minister 1996-1999 and 2009-2021 and presently forming a new gover...
by GeorgeKunath
Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:04 am
Forum: Original Proposal – Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green – Oct 19
Topic: Original Proposal - Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green
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Original Proposal - Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:27 am – 12 views in Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here. . I propose that we read “Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green” – Amazon’s “#1 Bestseller in Electric Energy – by Henry Sanders...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: Original Proposal – The Non-Partisan Public-Policy Issues of Whether, For Example, Michael Lewis’ “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story” Is A Classic Political “Hit Piece” and Whether, As Such, It Should Be (vs. Is) Protected by “Freedom Of Speech” – Aug 11
Topic: Original Proposal
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Original Proposal

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:05 am – 19 views before being transplanted here I propose that we read NY Times Bestseller “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story” by Michael Lewis (WW Norton & Co 5/4/2021 – 320 pages – $13.65 + shipping or $9.18 Kindle from Amazon.com). [The Salt ...
by GeorgeKunath
Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:55 am
Forum: Original Proposal – “1620: A Critical Response To The 1619 Project” by Peter Wood – July 14
Topic: Original Proposal – “1620: A Critical Response To The 1619 Project” by Peter Wood
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Original Proposal – “1620: A Critical Response To The 1619 Project” by Peter Wood

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:56 am – 32 views before being transplanted from Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) I propose that we read “1620: A Critical Response To The 1619 Project” by Peter W. Wood (Encounter Books 11/17/2020 – 272 pages – Hardcover $xx.xx* or $...
by GeorgeKunath
Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:14 am
Forum: Original Proposal – “Cancel Culture: The Latest Attack on Free Speech and Due Process” by Prof. Alan Dershowitz – April 7
Topic: Cancel Culture and Freedom of Speech – Prof. Alan Dershowitz
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Cancel Culture and Freedom of Speech – Prof. Alan Dershowitz

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:23 am – 133 views before being transplanted here I propose that we read “Cancel Culture: The Latest Attack on Free Speech and Due Process by Prof. Alan Dershowitz (Hot Books 11/17/2020 – 155 pages - $23.39 + shipping or $16.99 Kindle from Amazon...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: Original Proposal – “The New Map: Energy, Climate & the Clash of Nations” by Pulitzer-Prize Winner Daniel Yergin – March 10
Topic: The New Map - Energy, Climate & the Clash of Nations
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The New Map - Energy, Climate & the Clash of Nations

Originally posted by GeorgeKunath » Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:20 am – 42 views in Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here. . I propose that we read “The New Map - Energy, Climate & the Clash of Nations” by Pulitzer-Prize-winning-author and global energy expert Daniel Yer...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:44 am
Forum: Original Proposal - “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Prof. Steven Pinker – Feb 10
Topic: Original Proposal
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Original Proposal

Originally Posted by GeorgeKunath » Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:07 pm – 17 views in Sec. 3 before being transplanted here . Original Proposal - “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Prof. Steven Pinker I propose that we read “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Scien...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:32 pm
Forum: Original Proposal – Civilization: The West and the Rest by Prof. Niall Ferguson – Jan 13
Topic: Original Proposal - Civilization: The West and the Rest - Prof. Niall Ferguson
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Original Proposal - Civilization: The West and the Rest - Prof. Niall Ferguson

. Civilization: The West and the Rest by Prof. Niall Ferguson Originally posted by GeorgeKunath » Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:05 pm . I propose that we read “Civilization: The West and the Rest” by Prof. Niall Ferguson (Penguin Press 2011 – 325 pages sans notes & index – 2012 paperback version available for ...
by GeorgeKunath
Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:41 pm
Forum: Original Proposal - Great Society: A New History by Amity Shlaes - Dec 9
Topic: Original Proposal - Great Society: A New History by Amity Shlaes
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Original Proposal - Great Society: A New History by Amity Shlaes

Originally posted by GeorgeKunath » Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:07 pm – 53 views in Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here. . I propose that we read “Great Society: A New History” by Amity Shlaes (HarperCollins 11/19/2019 – 429 pages sans notes/index/etc. – $23.49 + shipp...
by GeorgeKunath
Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:30 am
Forum: Participant Comments – "Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope" by Pulitzer-Prize Winners Sheryl WuDunn and Husband, NY Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof – Aug 12
Topic: Tightrope and “Whiteness” Per The Smithsonian’s NMAAHC
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Tightrope and “Whiteness” Per The Smithsonian’s NMAAHC

. Many of us are probably aware that on July 17, 2020, The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (which sits on the National Mall in Washington DC) deleted from its website this chart about “Whiteness” which had just been posted and promptly went viral – Whiteness Per...
by GeorgeKunath
Tue May 16, 2017 9:09 am
Forum: Discussion Outline – Authoritarian Rule by Our Intelligence Services – May 10
Topic: Meeting Report
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Views: 3982

Re: Meeting Report

. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Kunath To: John Karls Cc: Sent: Tues, 16 May 2017 8:37 am EDT Subject: May 10 Meeting Report Dear John, IAW the invitation in the third paragraph of your May 10 Meeting Report for other participants to post their comments, as the other attorney in attendan...
by GeorgeKunath
Sun Dec 18, 2016 7:02 am
Forum: Original Proposal – Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End – Jan 11
Topic: We Have Our Quorum
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We Have Our Quorum

. ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Fwd: We Have Our Quorum From: ReadingLiberally-SaltLake@johnkarls.com Date: Sun, December 18, 2016 To: ReadingLiberallyEmailList@johnkarls.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------...

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