George Citron and Barbara Starrett Richard Gilman, a Tucsonan who became publisher of the Boston Globe and today advocates for a better education for all kids, will address the SaddleBrooke Freethinkers Club on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the HOA 2 MountainView Ballroom at 10:00 a.m. Coffee social starts at 9:30 a.m. His topic will be…
Carolyn Badger Do you get exhausted around fast-paced people, or impatient around slow-paced people? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you know your primary personality style and that of your mate, family and friends? On Sunday, December 18 at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center, you’ll hear how your personality style affects your interaction…
Fran Berman On Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in the MountainView Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Freethinkers welcomes Dr. Bonnie Buntain who will speak about One Health. One Health is the interconnectedness of the health of people, domestic animals and wildlife and our shared environment called ecosystems. This interconnectedness has positive and negative impacts on our…
Patti R. Albaugh Barbara Starrett, M.D., president of the SaddleBrooke Freethinkers, spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary on the origins and focus of her organization. Dr. Starrett comes well qualified to lead an organization such as Freethinkers. She is a retired board-certified internist who was a pioneer in efforts to bring quality health care to…
Fran Berman Did you think the April 24 presentation on Cognitive Behavior Therapy was the last opportunity to meet with Freethinkers until October? Well you don’t have to wait several months to mingle with other Freethinkers. Monthly throughout the year we meet at the Roadrunner Grill for Thirdsty Thursday. While there were only a few…
Fran Berman It was standing room only at the May 1 Freethinkers barbecue and potluck dinner. Friendly conversations were about everything from summer plans to members’ favorite presentations from the 2015-2016 Freethinkers’ season. Our formal programs will resume in October. If you missed any or want a recap, you’ll find past programs at www.sbfreethinkers.wordpress.com. We’re…
Fran Berman On March 20, the Activity Center was packed to capacity. Our featured guest, Dr. Victor Lim, Jr., spoke to SaddleBrooke Freethinkers about research on climate change and findings by Biosphere 2. Dr. Lim has an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and MPA from the JFK School of Government and Harvard University…
Fran Berman More than 100 Freethinkers and guests from the Jewish Friendship group attended a special luncheon at the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse on Friday, February 12, 2016. Rabbi Adam Chalom, a leading voice in the movement of Humanistic Judaism, gave a captivating, insightful and inspiring talk on Secular Humanistic Judaism. A worldwide movement, it is a…
Fran Berman Dr. John E. Schwarz spoke to a capacity crowd at the Activity Center in SaddleBrooke One on Sunday, January 24, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. For more than 40 years, the struggling middle class in America has experienced wages that haven’t risen much after discounting inflation. If that continues, it jeopardizes the ideas of…
Fran Berman Biosphere 2 has been, and continues to be, where science lives. From the communal experiment with the original groups of Biospherians, through Columbia University’s experiments with carbon dioxide, to the current Landscape Evolution Observatory of the University of Arizona, science has been performed in various configurations and methodologies. Our guest speaker is Victor…