February 2013

Karen Elliott House: An Inside Look at Saudi Arabia

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Wed, Mar 6 2013 - 6:00pm

An Inside Look at Saudi Arabia
Karen Elliott House, Author, On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and FutureRobert Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting - Moderator
House has spent the last 30 years writing about Saudi Arabia — as diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, and then publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Read more »

What's Eating Mary Roach?

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Wed, Apr 17 2013 - 6:30pm

Mary Roach, Author, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, Stiff, Bonk and Packing for Mars

In conversation with Adam Rogers, Articles Editor, Wired Magazine Read more »

Week to Week 3/4/13

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Mon, Mar 4 2013 - 6:30pm

Week to Week

Larry Gerston, Professor of Political Science, San Jose State University; Analyst, NBC 11; Author, Not So Golden After All: The Rise and Fall of California
Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Contributor, KPIX TV, San Francisco Magazine; Attorney
Carly Schwartz, Founding Editor, Huffington Post San Francisco
John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial, The Commonwealth Club - Host Read more »

Gavin Newsom: Angry Birds for Democracy

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Wed, Feb 27 2013 - 6:30pm

Gavin Newsom: Angry Birds for Democracy
Lieutenant Governor of California; Author, Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
In conversation with Adam Lashinsky, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine
Anyone with an iPhone can publish, purchase, invest and entertain with the touch of a button – and now it’s time for government to get in the game. Read more »

Here's a colleague's quick camera pic of President Jimmy Carter addressing The C...

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2013-02-24 15:25

Here's a colleague's quick camera pic of President Jimmy Carter addressing The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco's historic Herbst Theatre earlier this afternoon. Our thanks to the former president, who made time for us during a short SF stopover between flights. And thanks to all 900 of you who packed the auditorium. We'll have more (and better) photos to post here soon.