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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"Midterm Election Forecast"
December 1, 2006
Guilford House, Guest Lounge
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Jerry Leibman, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
of Pediatrics-Case Western Reserve University
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Dear Colleagues:
Our penultimate Friday public affairs discussion of
the Fall term is a topic whose time may be coming again:
national health insurance. Our discussion will be led by
a highly accomplished clinician and researcher, Jerry
Liebman, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics. Dr.
Liebman, former director of the division of pediatric
cardiology at our medical school, has served as
President of the International Society for
Electrocardiology and received the 1998 Founders Award
from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Yet he also has
had the time and energy to join in the endless effort to
improve America’s shameful system of health care finance
(please pardon the editorializing, but my position on
this one is well-known). As we hit new lows in coverage,
and highs in cost, the new Congressional majority will
be challenged by it supporters to confront the problem
again. Please join us to hear Dr. Liebman’s analysis of
what should be done, and join the discussion on ends,
ways, and means.
The Friday Lunch is from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on
December 1, on the first floor of Guilford House.
Beverages are kindly provided by the Office of
University Communications, and cookies by generous
supporters.
On December 8 Dr. Terry Wolpaw, Associate Dean for
Curricular Affairs, will discuss the Case Western
Reserve University School of Medicine’s new curriculum.
Then we adjourn for break, meeting again on January 19,
when Karen Beckwith, Flora Stone Mather Professor of
Political Science, will discuss women’s issues – or the
lack of them – in the 2006 election.
All the best,
Joe White
Fall Semester Schedule
Sept 1: Ken Ledford,
Associate Professor of History and Law, hosts Jon Entin,
Professor of Law and Political Science, to discuss the
first year of the Supreme Court with John Roberts as
Chief Justice.
Sept 8: Leonard Lynn, Professor and Chair of the
Department of Policy and Management at the Weatherhead
School of Management, on what U.S. leadership in
engineering could mean with the rise of India and China.
Sept 15: Mark Naymik, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on
this year’s statewide elections in Ohio.
Sept 22: Greg Eastwood, Interim President of Case
Western Reserve University, on “The Interim Period:
Tasks for Today and Ideas for the Future.”
Sept 29: Alan Weinstein, Professor and Director, Law and
Public Policy Program, Cleveland-Marshall College of the
Law, "Eminent domain: State Legislative Responses to Kelo vs. New London: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”
Oct 6: Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, PolicyMatters
Ohio, on raising the minimum wage
Oct 13: Marty Kress, Executive Director of the National
Space Science and Technology Center, University of
Alabama at Huntsville, on Organizing NASA for Space
Exploration. NOTE: Tentative room change to Mather House
100.
Oct 20: Michael Wager, Vice Chair and Chair Elect of the
Port Authority, on its role in local economic
development issues.
Oct 27: Pete Moore, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, on whatever is happening in the Middle East at
the time.
Nov 3: Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, and Andrew Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Political Science: Midterm Election forecast.
Nov 10: Eric J. Topol MD, Professor of Genetics, on
concerns about conflicts of interest in medical
research.
Nov 17: Norman Robbins, Emeritus Professor of
Neurosciences, on class bias in who gets to vote.
Nov 24: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 1: Jerome Liebman MD, Emeritus Professor of
Pediatrics, on National Health Insurance
Dec 8: Terry Wolpaw MD, Associate Dean for Curricular
Affairs, School of Medicine, on the new demands on or
expectations of medical education.
January 19, 2007: Karen Beckwith Ph.D., Flora Stone Mather Professor of
Political Science. Where Was Gender in the 2006
Congressional Elections?
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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