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Feedback on our “America’s Energy Future” draft recommendations

Find our draft recommendations online from the first dinner here, from the second dinner here.

Let us know what you think so far, including what you think should come out of this week’s discussion on nuclear energy.

Add comment April 28th, 2008

“The Grace and Power of Civility…”

“… Lessons From the American Experience for the Coming Four Years.”

This essay written by David M. Abshire, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, is my new favorite reading. It’s fairly impossible to pull out a quote as the whole read is imminently quotable, but here’s a go at it:

Many Americans are inclined to look back on the founding generation and its Age of Passion with deserved reverence. But though they are revered today as miracle workers, their powers, as Madison reminds us, were the powers of men, not angels. their gifts were also plenty and diverse… As the greatest and most productive generation in our history, and perhaps in world history, we must learn from the examples of these men - their ability to hold ideals so strongly and to maintain their convictions while still listening to opposition and making allowances for human failings and compromise.

Read the whole thing. Now.

1 comment April 28th, 2008

Nuclear: Talk to your enemies

Dr. Thomas Cochran, along with Jerry Paul, will speak next Tuesday night at Dinner at the Square “The Nuclear Power Debate Version 2.0: What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Hype, What’s True.”

Here’s his advice to people in his field:

Always tell the truth. Always make understatements. And talk to your enemies.

Read the whole article on Dr. Cochran here.

Read about Tuesday night’s dinner here.

Add comment April 25th, 2008

You are so invited… Nuclear Power Debate Version 2.0

Don’t you dare miss our next Dinner at the Square: “The Nuclear Power Debate Version 2.0: What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Hype, What’s True.” If you’ve caught our other dinners, expect more conversation this go round. This is a fascinating topic, one that most of us probably think we know things we’re plain old wrong about. So come!

Here’s the info:

Tuesday, April 29
5:30 to 7:30 PM

St. John’s Episcopal Church
211 North Monroe, downtown Tallahassee

Tickets are $25 pre-purchase and $35 on the day of the event.

See speaker bios and menu here.
Buy tickets here.

Add comment April 20th, 2008

60 minutes story on nuclear power in France: Vive les nukes

Come join our discussion on Nuclear Energy, Tuesday April 29th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church, downtown Tallahassee.

Find more information about the dinner - speakers, menu and ticket link - here.

(Note that when 60 minutes did this story, oil was $60 a barrel.)

4 comments April 16th, 2008