Don Stadtner, the Club Study leader in Burma and Laos, sends this message from the road: "We left Pagan early in the morning today ....the photo is from our village school visit there...we had a very successful briefing at the embassy ... as we were closing the ambassador joined us for some 15 minutes and answered questions. We were all quite impressed."

This week at The Commonwealth Club of California: MONDAY: • Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (this event is sold out) • What You Need to Know about Medicare Before You're 65 (this event is cancelled) • Dr. Yaron Brook and Dr. David Callahan: Is Capitalism Moral? A Debate TUESDAY: • Einar Enevoldson: The Perlan Project, Climate Science and Altitude Record • Chris Anderson • Meet the Bizumer: How Consumers Are Changing How Business Gets Done WEDNESDAY: • Ballot Box 2012: A Key to the California Election THURSDAY: Read more »