Is Your God Green? Reverend Sally Bingham, Interfaith Power and LightSenior Rabbi Stephen Pearce, Temple Emanu-El What would Jesus say about climate change? What does the Torah say about stewardship of God's creation? Leaders from different religious traditions discuss how their respective philosophies and scriptures guide their approach to today's energy challenges. They'll also address how congregations around the country are getting involved in the movement to build a cleaner energy future. Read more »
Ethical Imperative of America’s Involvement in the World James A. Baker III, Former U.S. Secretary of State This event is sold out.
The man who played a crucial role in crafting American policy over the last four decades returns to the spotlight for a candid discussion of the ethical concerns that must guide U.S. foreign policy. A Republican Party powerhouse player since the 1970s, James A. Read more »
How Science Inspired Democracy in the Modern World Timothy Ferris, Former Editor, Rolling Stone; Professor Emeritus, U.C. Berkeley
Ferris argues that just as the scientific revolution rescued billions from poverty, fear, hunger and disease, the Enlightenment values it inspired have swelled the number of persons living in free democratic societies from fewer than 1 percent of the world population in 1600 to over a third today. Location: SF Club OfficeTime: 5:30 p.m. Read more »
California Media In Crisis: Who Will Hold California Institutions Accountable? Sandy Close, Executive Director, New America MediaStuart Drown, Executive Director, Little Hoover CommissionMark Katches, Editorial Director, California WatchMartin Reynolds, Editor, Oakland TribuneDavid Lauter, Assistant Managing Editor, Los Angeles TimesLouis Freedberg, Director, California Watch – Moderator
At precisely the time California Read more »
Same-Sex Marriage: State vs. Fed Molly McKay, Media Director, Marriage Equality USAJennifer Morse, President and Founder, Ruth Institute at the National Organization for MarriageTherese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco; Attorney for the plaintiffs in current court case challenging Prop. Read more »
Garry Wills: The Extra-Constitutional Executive
Historian; Author, The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Wills argues that the atomic bomb paved the way for presidential authority that has “enfeebled” Congress and the courts, and that reached its apex with George W. Bush. Wills will frame the postwar period in a new light in his aim to sound an alarm about a continued threat to our Constitution and the balance of power. Read more »
After Copenhagen: What Now? This program is sold out Emily Adler, Partnership Director, Alliance for Climate EducationLouis Blumberg, Director, California Climate Change, The Nature ConservancyTony Brunello, Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, California Natural Resources AgencyLeslie Durschinger, Managing Partner, Terra Global CapitalCaitlin Grey, Student, Alameda High SchoolDan JacobsonRead more »
Crisis and Command: Presidential Power in the 21st Century John Yoo, Law Professor, UC Berkeley; Author, Crisis and Command Allen Weiner, Co-director, International Law Program, Stanford Law School - Moderator
At the Department of Justice, Yoo played a large and controversial role in shaping the Bush administration’s policy in the war on terrorism, arguing that prisoner of war status under the Geneva Conventions does not apply to “enemy combatants.” He further asserted executive authority to undertake “en Read more »
The Cataclysm of 2008-2009: Lessons Learned, or Lessons Ignored This program is sold out Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor and Attorney General, New York Mary Cranston, Senior Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Immediate Past Chair, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors - Moderator
As the former attorney general and later governor of New York, Spitzer prosecuted some of the most notorious white-collar crime and securities fraud on Wall Street. Read more »
The Economy: What Government Must Do to Promote Recovery Tom Campbell, Republican U.S. Senate Candidate; Former U.S. Congressman; Former Dean, Haas School of Business; Former California Director of Finance
Fresh from his decision to switch from the gubernatorial race to the U.S. Senate race, Republican candidate and economics Ph.D. Campbell says that his experience as state finance director in 2004-2005 - when California had a balanced budget - can help lead the state out of its current fiscal crisis. Read more »
