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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 04-21-2021 to 04-21-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 09:30 AM-11:00 AM - Central TimeInstructor: Stephen KlatskyTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisBaseball 2021 - What do our local teams - the Nationals and Orioles look like? What about your favorite team? What trades, signings and changes will impact the game? Let’s talk... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-07-2021 to 05-07-2021Day(s) of the week: FridayTime: 09:30 AM-10:30 AM - Central TimeInstructor: Greg Ip, Chief Economics Commentator, Wall Street JournalTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisGreg Ip is chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal. He writes about U.S. and global economic developments and policy in the weekly Capital Account column and in Real Time Economics, the Wall Street Journal’s economics newsletter. Greg will discuss the prospects for economic recovery and how the pandemic has permanently changed the... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 05-10-2021 to 05-10-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 12:30 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Elaine Miller, PhD, SUNY Brockport , retired; owner, ek miller ProductionsTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Rochester OasisThe 2020 presidential election is over, but the issues that weighed so heavily in the contest continue to demand the attention of the nation. With their talent for blending artistry, metaphor, and humor, political cartoonists are among our most effective observers and critics of those issues. As one cartoonist has put it, “Politics, as such, will never... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-03-2021 to 06-03-2021Day(s) of the week: ThursdayTime: 09:30 AM-11:00 AM - Central TimeInstructor: Phil Hochberg, Attorney & Sport AnnouncerTerm: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisThe passing of ten members of Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame in the last year-and-a-half at least gave us the pleasure of remembering their careers. We’ll take a look at Hank Aaron, Whitey Ford, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Joe Morgan, Al Kaline, Lou Brock, Don Sutton, Phil Niekro and Tommy Lasorda in clips and... read more
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Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-23-2021 to 06-23-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Melvin Goodman, Adjunct Professor, Int'l Relations, Johns Hopkins Univ.Term: 2020-2Location: Zoom - Washington Metro OasisThe initial U.S. military involvement in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks was an overall success. Unfortunately, the United States chose to remain in Afghanistan instead of turning the keys to the state back to the Afghans themselves. Instead of learning from the failed Soviet experience from 1979 to 1989, we repeated Moscow’s mistakes and then... read more