Author: Susan Owicki

Forum Topics for June 2025

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for June 2025:

6/1 (Great Decisions) International Cooperation on Climate Change – Sarah Doxiadis

6/8 Women are not marrying now.  Why?  Warren Schmidt

6/15 Memories of Forum Folks – Dick Duda (Facilitator)

6/22 … read more.

Forum Topics for May, 2025

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for May 2025:

5/4 India: Between China, the West, and the Global South – Kunda (Kay Brown) (Great Decisions)

5/11 Dealing with forgetfulness – Susan Owicki 

5/18 Recent histories: memories vs current perceptions  … read more.

Forum Topics for April, 2025

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for April  2025:

4/6  U.S.-China Relations – Dick Duda (Great Decisions)

4/13 Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future? – Richard Heydt

4/20 The value of kindness – Susan Owicki 

4/27 Discussion of Matters of … read more.

Forum Topics for March, 2025

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for March 2025:

3/2 Great Decisions: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy – David Puryear

3/9 Surviving political turmoil – Dick Duda (facilitator)

3/16 A short poem you wrote … read more.

Forum Topics for February 2025

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for February 2025:

2/2 So Trump won.  Now what?  Michael Abramson

2/9 Space, is anybody out there?  Should we visit? Richard Heydt 

2/16 Birds of Bhutan – Dan Stofle and Dick … read more.

Forum topics for December 2024

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for December, 2024:

12/1 What is time? How is it measured? – Warren Schmidt

12/8 Implications of the new Administration – Dick Duda

12/15 Un-natural Selection: Examples from the Darwin Awards – … read more.

Forum Topics for November, 2024

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for November, 2024:

11/3 Great Decisions: Pandemic preparedness (Sarah Doxiadis) (Ch 8)

11/10  Reviewing the election results – Dick Duda

11/17 Family and Thanksgiving traditions General discussion 

11/24 Discussion of Matters of Current … read more.

Forum Topics for October, 2024

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for October, 2024:

10/6 Great Decisions: High Seas Treaty – Chris Cassell

10/13 What makes people happy?  Keeps them healthy? – Sarah Doxiadis

10/20 Your favorite job – Barbara Symons and Susan … read more.

Forum Topics for September, 2024

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for September 2024:

9/1    Great Decisions – Understanding Indonesia – Susan Owicki

9/8    Wrecking Crew: dismantling the government – General discussion

9/15  Why Experts Should Answer to the Amateurs – … read more.

Forum Topics For August, 2024

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for August 2024:

8/4 After Oppenheimer: Nuclear weapons in the news – Dick Duda

8/11 The art of letting go – Susan Owicki

8/18 How do you decide what is human or … read more.