This month’s Oreo Book Club meeting was held at the home of Norton Schwartz on January 15, where the group discussed the book Why Nations Fail: the Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Acemoglu and Robinson. The thesis of the book was that a culture must have the rule of law and an active philosophy of inclusion with regard to economic … [Read more...]

This month’s book is Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. The meeting will be at the home of Mary Crowl at 1:30 on January 15. February’s book is Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds by Jim Sterba. That meeting will be on … [Read more...]

The Really Serious Oreo Book Club met on November 20 at the home of Barbara Milner. The revelation was revealed that rats preferred Oreo cookies to cocaine—it gave greater stimulation to their pleasure centers. Attending members ere polled and the results confirmed that preference. We then discussed the book, The Party is Over: How republicans … [Read more...]

The Oreo Cookie Book Club met on October 16 at the home of Norman Schwartz, who led the discussion on the book The Emperor of All Maladies — a History of Cancer, written by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Those who have had cancer were allowed to speak first; one member reported that the leading cause of death for those of us over eighty was falling. In a … [Read more...]

The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book club met September 18 at the home of Rich Schwartz and, led by Diane Hearne, discussed the book This Child Will Be Great by Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf. The next meeting will be at the home of Norton Schwartz to discuss the book: Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddarhartha Mukherjee.  The date is October 16 for … [Read more...]

The Oreo Book Club met on Wednesday, August 21 at the home of Norton Schwartz to discuss The Price of Inequality, by Joseph Stiglitz. The next meeting will be held at the home of Richard Schwartz on Wednesday, September 18 and the group will discuss the book This Child will be Great, by Ellen Sirleaf. —Norton Schwartz … [Read more...]

Members met at the home of Lachsman Sehgal on July 17 to discuss Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt—his book about the latent discovery of the epic poem, On the Nature of Things, by the Roman philosopher, Lucretius, and its influence upon Renaissance thinking. The next meeting will be on August 21 at the home of Norton Schwartz to discuss The Price of … [Read more...]

The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met May 15 at the home of Diane Hearne to discuss the book, The Hare with the Amber Eyes, written by Edmund de Waal. The “hare” was part of a family collection of Japanese netuske belonging to the author’s family of which he traced the ownership back to the early 19th Century. He attempted to capture the … [Read more...]

The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met April 17 at the home of Norton Schwartz to discuss the book Time to Start Thinking—America in the Age of Descent, by Eduard Luce. While there was no dispute as to the factual content of the reports, there were different responses on the implications of the facts. The author, as well as some group … [Read more...]