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Casual Conversation: June 7 reading of Ibsen's Lady from the Sea admin

On Sunday, June 7 at 1:30 pm Eastern Time, please join us for a reading of Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea.  The play was chosen by classmate Eric Forsythe and

Casual Conversation May 3rd Professor Shackelford admin

On Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Elizabeth E.

Casual Conversation April 19th with Charles Murray

Independent scholar Charles Murray will return to be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Sunday, April 19 at 3 pm.  Last time Mr. Murray spoke to us about the possible causes for exceptional accomplishment by Jews.  This time will be more directly about religion: his own investigation of faith and more particularly the Christian faith.   You will find his journey about and into faith chronicled in his new book Taking Religion Seriously (Encounter Books 2025). 

Barton Swain reviewed the book for the Wall Street Journal:

Casual Conversation March 15 with Sandy Alderson

Classmate Sandy Alderson will join us for his second (!) Casual Conversation on Zoom on Sunday, March 15 at 3 pm Eastern Time.  The first time he spoke with us about baseball, 48 people were on the video call.  This time the subject is baseball again, but with one caveat: “Everything baseball but NOT the Yankees.”   For this session, that team is a seven letter word which should be treated as the FCC once upon a time viewed “b-----d.’  

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