The agenda committee mostly gets the topics it recommends from a perusal of major newspapers in print. For those topics, the committee has agreed to cite the articles from which its topics are derived. As always, club members are invited to suggest discussion topics to the committee.
Topic #1 alleges that the U.S. Treasury contains some $800 billion in gold, at present valuation, and has decided to part with $200 billion. The rationale for the sale did not emerge in the discussion. One participant claims that gold has little intrinsic value.
Topics #2 and #3 involved a parsing of the Second Amendment and the role of precedent before the Supreme Court of the United States. The court is hearing oral arguments these days. I wonder about the effect of the 5-4 Citizens United ruling removing limits on corporate campaign spending.
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