Commonwealth Club 2000 Speaker Archive

Martin Amis Son of the late comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis has established himself as one of the most influential writers of our times. In Experience: A Memoir he recounts his childhood exposure to England's most famous literati, the tragic kidnapping of his cousin by a serial killer, and a career that began early and has led him, most recently, to New York. > Speech by Martin Amis

Archived 2000 Events

Our year 2000 speaker archives (listed below) feature over 75 events, ranging from Michael Morgan on "Building the Community through the Arts" to Newt Gingrich on "Living in the Age of Transitions," all organized alphabetically by name. To search our complete archives by keyword, go to the search box in the left panel of the page.

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Subject and Panelists	Date	Audio/Transcript
Amis, Martin Experience	6/13/2000
Annan, Nane Children and the United Nations	6/11/2000
Atkinson, Richard Higher Education in the Next Decade	3/08/2000
Babbitt, Bruce A Vision for Our National Parks	3/27/2000
Ballmer, Steve CEO, Microsoft Corporation	2/15/2000
Belkin, Aaron Don't Ask, Don't Tell	3/02/2000
Benhamou, Eric The Digital Divide: Practical Solutions for Building Communities	7/19/2000
Bergman, Lowell An Insider's View	1/06/2000
Bloom, Harold How to Read and Why	6/13/2000
Borenstein, Severin California Electricity Restructuring: What Went Wrong and Where Do We Go from Here?	8/30/2000
Boxer, Barbara Challenges for the New Century	12/14/2000
Broder, David Democracy Derailed	4/06/2000
Butler, Richard The Greatest Threat	6/12/2000
Campbell, John The Headwaters Agreement	10/11/2000
Campbell, Tom California: A Leader in the 21st Century	9/18/2000
Chaconas, Dennis Striving for Success in Oakland's Schools	5/31/2000
Chassin, Mark Medical Mistakes: How Safe is Our Health Care?	6/06/2000
Conason, Joe and Gene Lyons The Hunting of the President	4/12/2000
Cuomo, Kerry Kennedy Human Rights Defenders: Changing the World	10/2/2000
Cutshall, Richard The Future of American Business	1/06/2000
Dombeck, Michael The State of America's Forests	1/25/2000
D'Souza, Dinesh The Virtue of Prosperity	11/29/2000
Eastin, Delaine Making the Grade	3/17/2000
Erdman, Paul The U.S. and the Global Economy	1/07/2000
FitzGerald, Frances and Lou Cannon Reagan Reconsidered	5/11/2000
Frank, Thomas One Market Under God	11/16/2000
Fuller, Kathryn Wildlife Conservation	4/18/2000
Gergen, David Eyewitness to Power	9/28/2000
Gerstner, Jr., Louis V. The Road to World-Class Schools	10/12/2000
Gingrich, Newt Living in the Age of Transitions	6/06/2000
Goenka, S.N. Practice Spirituality	8/23/2000
Hamel, Gary Leading the Revolution	10/05/2000
Harris, Jay What's Missing from Your News	6/20/2000
Hart, Mickey Creating the Digital Alexandria	1/27/2000
Henney, Jane FDA: Leading the World in Public Health	8/03/2000
Hightower, Jim Election 2000: A Space Odyssey	2/11/2000
Huddleston, Vicki U.S.-Cuba Relations After Elian Gonzalez	5/06/2000
Jardine, Lisa Ingenious Pursuits: How We All Learned to Love Chocolate	1/18/2000
Jinks, Dan "American Beauty": The Story Behind an Oscar-Winning Film	8/07/2000
Joy, Bill The Dark Side of Technology	6/06/2000
Kerry, John The U.S. and China	6/12/2000
Klein, Joe Political Journalism	6/14/2000
Koplan, Dr. Jeffrey Health Challenges for a New Century	3/24/2000
Kurtz, Howard The Fortune Tellers	2/19/2000
Lehrer, Jim The Special Prisoner	5/09/2000
Lewis, David Levering W.E.B. du Bois and America's Struggle for Equality	11/16/2000
Lerner, Michael Spirit Matters	9/19/2000
Lugar, Richard World Leadership in the New Millenium	1/20/2000
Martin, Redge Auctions and the Internet	9/14/2000
Mbeki, Thabo South Africa: Looking Towards the Future	5/24/2000
Moe, Richard Taking America's Past into the Future	5/04/2000
Moreno, Luis Alberto Looking Ahead: Prospects for Peace and Prosperity in Columbia	11/13/2000
Moreno, Rita Actress and Entertainer	5/31/2000
Morgan, Michael Building the Community through the Arts	4/14/2000
Moussa, Amre Egypt-U.S. Partnership: For Peace, Security and Prosperity in the Middle East	3/30/2000
O'Reilly, David What's Up with Oil? Prices, Supplies and Technology in our Energy Future	3/30/2000
Orman, Suze Your Financial Future: How to Have More and Be More	4/13/2000
Owens, William Lifting the Fog of War	5/02/2000
Panel: Are HMOs Good for Your Health? Karen Ignagni, Ron Pollack and David Olmos	7/11/2000
Panel: Cyberpolitics III John Doerr, Floyd Kvamme, Karen Breslau and James Fallows	11/1/2000
Panel: Election 2000 Rewind Elva Davis, Bruce Cain, Mark DiCamillo and Marc Sandalow	11/09/2000
Panel: The Environment and the Media John Fowler, Jane Kay, Betsy Rosenberg and Michael Krasny	2/15/2000
Panel: Internet Privacy John Markoff, Mozelle Thompson, Marc Rotenberg, Robert Lewin and Chris Kelly	10/26/2000
Panel: A One-Newspaper Town? Matthew Wilson, Ted Fang, Stephen Barnett, Thomas Leonard and Susan Rasky	6/28/2000
Panel: Publishing in 2000 and Beyond Pat Holt, Nan Talese, Bill Petrocelli, Susan Page and Michael Larsen	7/18/2000
Perry, William China and Taiwan Enter a New Era	7/18/2000
Pittle, R. David Consumer Reports for the Year 2000	1/27/2000
Popov, Yuri and Tom Simons The Russian Perspective on Chechnya	2/02/1999
Putnam, Robert Bowling Alone: Living Alone and Liking It	6/27/2000
Reyes-Heroles, Jesus Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.	2/17/2000
Rifkin, Jeremy The Age of Access	4/14/2000
Rodgers, Kathy One Nation Indivisible: Are We Ready for States' Rights?	3/28/2000
Satcher, David Public Health for a Diverse Nation	9/15/2000
Schell, Orville Virtual Tibet	5/08/2000
Singh, Jaswant U.S-India Relations: Beyond the Summit	9/20/2000
Sommers, Christina Hoff The War Against Boys	6/27/2000
Sweeney, John Making the Global Economy Work	3/01/2000
Stoyanov, Peter After Kosovo: Prospects for Peace and Prosperity in the Balkans	8/31/2000
Verhofstadt, Guy Europe: Back to the Future	9/8/2000
Vidal, Gore The Golden Age	10/4/2000