In this SDG, we will examine the American political system focusing upon its public policies.

The 20th and 21st centuries have seen massive migration movements enabled by new transportation and communication technologies.

The history of energy challenges over the last four centuries tells the story of humanity itself over that time period.

The Republic is the first and arguably the greatest work on political philosophy.  (Alfred North Whitehead famously stated that all Western philosophy was a footnote to Plato.)

1672: Russia was a backwater country mired in traditional medieval customs. June 9 of the same year Peter, son of Tsar Alexei was born.

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially…

This SDG examines 14 of their movies that portray eternal themes that we frequently encounter, yet often ignore or overlook as we scurry about in the conduct of our daily lives. 

In this course, we will discuss the origins and development of Outsider Art which is no longer exclusively identified with the mentally ill.

This course is based around the April, 2018 book of the same name, by  Southern California seismologist, Dr Lucy Jones.