North Korea Today: What is Fact and What is Fiction? This program will look at two portraits of North Korea today: first through the eyes of the best-selling fiction book The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, and second through the eyes of the award-winning non-fiction book Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea…
Deterioration of Medical Practice, and Using Computers for Medical Diagnosis by Humanist Community member Carlos Feder, M.D., will talk about his concerns regarding current medical practice, and his extensive efforts over many years to guide the development of a computer program to help with medical diagnoses. (See http://carlosfeder.com/video.html)
Local Drug Policies Public Safety Realignment Program Novella Coleman, Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Fellow, ACLU Foundation of Northern California will compare and contrast the drug policies of the Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The slides for her excellent presentation are now available.
HCSV Members’ Report on the 2012 AHA Annual Conference Five of the eight HCSV members who attended this Conference reported on what they saw and what impressed them: Paul Gilbert, Alex Havasy, Hilton Brown, Sena Havasy, Arthur Jackson. The exceptionally good conference included presentations by Gloria Steinem, Anthony Pinn, Barbara Forrest, Marshall Brain…
What Does Fourth of July Mean to a Humanist? This will be an opportunity for those who come to share their answer to the question. Chairs will be arranged in a circle so we will be able speak to each other in turn. As time permits we will be able to question and explore…
