--2019--
Meetings are at 10:00 am at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated.January 14 -- Kris will host. Book selection is: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (167 A.D.) There are multiple copies available in different formats (book, ebook, book on CD) through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system. The book is also available to read online or download at http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html or the book on tape can be heard online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNGuiKPGfM
February 11 -- Sue will host. Selection is an article from the Winter 2019 edition of Yes! magazine entitled, "What to do about a segregated economy."
March 11 -- Craig will host. Book selection is A Time for Purpose: A Survivor's Guide to Trial, Truth, and Justice, by Stephen J. O'Connor. Craig has two copies available. Craig also recommended watching the Neflix series, The Keepers, prior to book club.
April 8 -- John A. will host. Book selection is Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald. One copy is available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system. We will meet in the Newport Library conference room which has been reserved.
May 13 -- Mary Ann will host. Book selection is: Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist (2018), by Eli Saslow.The Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system has 3 copies available, one of which is large print.
June 10 -- John P. will host. Book selection is Undeniable. Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye. A copy is available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system. We will meet in the Newport Library conference room which has been reserved.
July 8 -- Deral will host. Book selection is: The Runaway Species, by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman. It is available through the local library as a hard copy, an ebook, and as an audio book. We will meet at the Newport Library Conference Room which has been reserved.
August 12 -- Pat will host. Book to be selected later. Book selection is: This land is our land : an immigrant's manifesto (2019) by Suketu Mehta. 3 copies are available through the Newport/Driftwood library system. We will meet at the Newport Library Conference Room which has been reserved.
September 9 -- Brent will host. We will meet at the Newport Library Conference Room which has been reserved.
Selection is six articles related to Robert Putnam's 1995 article, Bowling Alone. The articles are:
The six articles for our September discussion are--
1. "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital", by Robert Putnam, Jan. 1995 issue of Journal of Democracy 6:1, pp. 65-78. (11 pages)
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~
2. "The Re-Potting Hypothesis", Jan 5, 1995, column by George Will, originally published in the Washington Post (2 pages)
https://news.google.com/
3. "Kicking in Groups", by Nicholas Lemann, April 1996 issue, The Atlantic (11 pages) https://www.theatlantic.com/
4. "The American Way -- Civic Engagement Thrives", by Everett Carll Ladd, 3/1/99, The Christian Science Monitor (5 pages) https://www.csmonitor.com/
5. "Bowling Alone After (Almost) 20 Years", by Peter Levine, Feb 18, 2014, blog post on http://peterlevine.ws (2 pages) http://peterlevine.ws/?p=13329
--This article references the 1999 paper, "American Civil Society Talk", by Jean L. Cohen, which you do not need to read for our September discussion, but if you want to refer to it after reading the Peter Levine article, it can be found at this link-- https://archive.org/details/
6. "Still Bowling Alone: Only one in three Americans trust each other. Can great public spaces bring them closer together?" (2 pages) by Malcolm Burnley, 6/15/15, Philly Magazine. https://www.phillymag.com/
-- This article references a 2015 study by Joe Cortright, entitled "Less is Common" which you do not need to read for our September discussion, but if you want to refer to it after reading the Malcom Burnley article, it can be found at this link-- http://cityobservatory.org/
October 14 -- Kris will host. Book selection is: The Cynic - The political education of Mitch McConnell (2014) by Alec McGillis. (One copy is available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.)
November 11 -- Sue will host. Book selection is: The Underground Railroad: A Novel (2016) by Colson Whitehead. Six copies available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.
December 9 -- Craig will host. Book selection is: The Soul of America, the Battle for Better Angels by Jon Meacham. 3 copies available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.
--2020--
Meetings are at 10:00 am at the home of the host unless otherwise indicated.January 13 -- Deanne B. will host. We will meet at the Newport Library Conference Room. Book selection is Educated by Tara Westover. There are ten copies available through the Newport/Driftwood Library system. Also, there are two Large Print copies and two books on CD available through the Newport/Driftwood Library system.
February 10 -- John A. will host. We will meet at the Newport Library conference room. Book selection is: Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas. Two copies are available through the Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system.
March 9 -- Mary Ann will host. We will meet at her home Book selection is: Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist (2018), by Eli Saslow.The Newport/Driftwood/Tillamook library system has 3 copies available, one of which is large print.
April 13 -- John P. will host. We will meet at the Newport Library conference room. Book selection is: Never Out of Season by Rob Dunn. The library system has one copy.
Extra work for the diligent: A second book by the same author on a similar topic is Never Home Alone. It would be an interesting supplemental read. Also, a short video on "never home alone" can be viewed at https://www.pbs.org/video/the-
May 11 -- Deral will host. We will meet at the Newport Library conference room. Book to be selected later.
June 8 -- Pat will host. We will meet at the Newport Library conference room. Book to be selected later.
July 13 -- Brent will host. We will meet at the Newport Library Conference Room. Book to be selected later. Books being considered are (a) Blowout (2019) by Rachel Maddow, and (b) Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow, and (c) The Lost Art of Scripture, by Karen Armstrong.
August 10 -- Kris will host. Book to be selected later.
September 14 -- Sue will host. Book to be selected later.
October 12 -- Craig will host. Book to be selected later.
November 9 -- Deanne will host.We will meet at the Newport Library conference room Book to be selected later.
December 14 -- John A. will host. We will meet at the Newport Library conference room. Book to be selected later.
