top
San Francisco
San Francisco
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Geoffrey Nunberg: The Years of Talking Dangerously

Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Gina Baleria
Location Details:
The Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

The Years of Talking Dangerously

Geoffrey Nunberg, Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley; Senior Researcher, Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University; Author, The Years of Talking Dangerously

Language can inspire and move people. But it can also deceive and deflect. Our new president has often been praised for his ability to use language, while our former president was accused by opponents of "linguistic trickery." Nunberg takes a closer look at our nation's political and social discourse over the past several years, revealing what it says about us.

Location: Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. wine and cheese/networking, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $12 members, $18 non-members
Also know: Bookseller: West Portal Books
Tickets: 415-597-6705 or http://www.commonwealthclub.org
Added to the calendar on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 5:13PM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$70.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network