Roy Klein, J.D.-New OLLI Instructor I want to make sure my October 18 presentation titled “Is Free Speech Really Free — Censorship and the First amendment” is as timely and current as possible.\u00a0 So, I’m constantly updating it to include a discussion of important recent developments, such as SCOTUS’s four June 2018 free-speech decisions and potential issues arising from the NFL anthem protests, the firing of FBI Agent Peter Strzok and the revocation of the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. I look forward to discussing these and other headlines in the “Political Speech” portion of the lecture, during which I’ll also discuss the controversial Citizens United case.\u00a0 And, I’ll also be talking about other hot-topic issues like school speech, defamation, hate speech and obscenity.\u00a0 It promises to be a lively, informative and entertaining 90 minutes.\u00a0 Please join us.<\/p>\n To register,\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Margery Marcus, Ed. D.-New OLLI Instructor<\/em> Did you ever sneak a copy of Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover<\/em> into the house when you were growing up? I did, and I remember I couldn\u2019t make any sense of it all. Same with Fanny Hill<\/em>.\u00a0 While we might all agree that these books are titillating, we might not agree on whether or not they should be censored.\u00a0 Many people are surprised to learn our country has a long history of book banning and even burning. Join me for a lively lecture on book censorship from the Puritans until today. My lecture concludes with a countdown of the top ten most banned books in America.\u00a0 You may well be surprised by the titles!<\/p>\n \u00a0To register, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark Schug, Ph.D. Want to get all of the latest analysis of how the economy is preforming?\u00a0 Our All-Star Panel of FAU Economists returns to the FAU Lifelong Learning Institute to provide the latest economic insights.\u00a0 What are the notable economic achievements of the past year? Unemployment? Jobs? Growth? Stock markets?\u00a0 And, what are the notable setbacks?\u00a0 Tariff wars? Large deficits? Economic uncertainty? Check us out to learn the latest news and amaze your friends with your new insights.<\/p>\n The All-Star panelists are:<\/p>\n Professor Schug is participating in the All-Star Panel on November 13, 2018.\u00a0 He is also presenting a one-time lecture on the economic thoughts of George Washington titled, \u201cThe Economic Thoughts and Actions of President George Washington” on December 4, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n To register for the All-Star Panel, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n David Head, Ph.D.-New OLLI Instructor Today, Amelia Island is a relaxing getaway in Northeast Florida, famous for its beaches, golf courses, and historic charm. But, in the nineteenth century the island was entangled in international affairs, caught between the United States, Spain, and a nascent Spanish American independence movement.<\/p>\n My program takes audiences back 200 years to the year 1817 when Spain ruled Florida\u2014tenuously\u2014as its colonies rebelled and the United States looked to expand.<\/p>\n I tell the story of two groups of Spanish American privateers and pirates who chased out the Spanish, set up their illegal trades, and tried to found a government all in the attempt, they said, to advance revolution.<\/p>\n Audiences will learn more about:<\/p>\n Also: There will be pirates!<\/p>\n To register, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steve Engle, Ph.D. It has been said that we may not know where the American South is anymore, but we know when we are in it. Historians are fascinated by the region, its people, its culture, and its impact on the development of the American republic. The South, wrote Wilbur Joseph Cash in his classic work, The Mind of the South<\/em> \u201cis not quite a nation within a nation but the next thing to it.\u201d Yet, it is an inescapable part of the United States, which often led to tensions and conflict resulting in the Civil War that left an indelible mark on the nation. In the aftermath, the relationship between black and white southerners shaped an enduring Reconstruction that powerfully influenced its history. Perhaps now more than ever, the South has attracted new interest in helping us understand our current political culture. By surveying the South and reassessing the region, the people, and the region\u2019s cultural identity, Dr. Engle examines the gap between the appearance and the reality of what we have come to believe about this fascinating region.<\/p>\n To register, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stephen Kowel, Ph.D. In 2014 Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates spoke out about the looming dangers posed by advanced artificial intelligence. Hawking warned that AI \u201ccould spell the end of the human race.\u201d This year at a broadcast town hall the CEOs of YouTube and Google vied to assert the benign nature of AI, with the YouTube CEO confiding that \u201cI\u2019m not personally scared.\u201d\u00a0 Intelligence is evolving much faster in robots than in biological lifeforms (us). The question we have to consider is: How smart can robots get? Can they become self-aware, truly autonomous?<\/p>\n To register, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ronald Feinman, Ph.D. Andrew Johnson was the first President to face impeachment, by the House of Representatives, and trial by the US Senate in 1868.<\/p>\n Andrew Johnson was the most combative President until Donald Trump, and a study of Johnson and his impeachment and trial is instructive for present day events.<\/p>\n Andrew Johnson was controversial in his Reconstruction policies after the Civil War, and antagonized the Republican Party which had elected him Vice President, although he had ties to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n Andrew Johnson did not commit acts that deserved impeachment, and yet, he was almost convicted and removed from office, being saved by one vote short of two thirds of the Senate, and finishing his term in office.<\/p>\n The other Presidents who faced impeachment were:<\/p>\n To register, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fall 2018 Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong> Paul Mojzes, Ph.D. You\u2019d have to be a hermit not to be aware that the concern and anxiety experienced by us during the Cold War (1945-1990) is threatening us again.\u00a0 True, Russia and its former Communist Bloc nations are no longer communists, but new forms of coalescence between assertive nationalism and Russian Orthodoxy make them regard Western liberal democracies as enemies.\u00a0 It is time to see whether we can learn something from our Cold War experiences on how to deal with what American Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, calls the \u201cHot Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n The course is based on the insights gained by over 30 scholars in a newly published book, North American Churches and the Cold War<\/em>, edited by me.\u00a0 The book was published by Wm. Eerdmans Publishing Co. in late August 2018. The over 30 chapters are clustered in sections along denominational lines: Canadian, Catholic, and Orthodox churches, and due to their diversity, the Protestant chapters are organized into three sections: Main Line churches, Evangelicals, and Peace churches. We did not include Mexican churches because it is hoped that at some point there will be a volume dedicated to Third World Christian responses as well as European, East and West.<\/p>\n To our (American) surprise, our Canadian allies did not experience the Cold War as such a stark threat as we did. To them, the \u201cred menace\u201d was relativized by the belligerence of their southern neighbor, which, due to great power rivalry with the Soviets, pushed the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation.\u00a0 American church people all shared a common concern for the communist threat but did not respond equally. Protestants are the majority Christian population and also the most diverse. The so-called Main Line denominations (such as Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, United Church of Christ) feared Soviet aggression and were concerned for their fellow Christians behind the Iron Curtain but supported a nuanced policy of containment, negotiations, arms control, and d\u00e9tante, and favored building bridges between East and West wherever possible.\u00a0 The theologically and socially much more conservative Evangelicals accused Main Line Christians of naivet\u00e9 if not complicity as they perceived the East-West conflict in apocalyptic terms between \u201cthe children of light vs. the children of darkness.\u201d In the early years of the Cold War, Main Line Protestant leaders used to have open access to the US government but from President Nixon onward lost it to Evangelicals, who by consistent support of hardline policies, gained far greater influence.<\/p>\n At first Catholics appeared to be united in an unbending anti-communist position but after the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), Catholics became open to dialogue and diverse interpretation of the world.\u00a0 Some Catholics continued the hardline attribution of all problems to communist aggression while others opted for analyses of social and economic factors as causes of local conflicts.<\/p>\n Since all Orthodox churches (except the Greek) had their headquarters in communist countries, nearly all of them experienced schism and conflict.\u00a0 Many leaders and members preferred to retain their canonical linkage with the mother church; others, especially emigrants after World War II, were unalterably opposed to what they perceived as church leadership controlled by communist secret services.<\/p>\n The traditional peace churches (Mennonites, Quakers, Church of the Brethren, and Amish) continued their pacifist service to friend and foe. Additionally, Christians in many denominations dedicated themselves to bridge building between the East and West, including Christian-Marxist dialogue.<\/p>\n Two authors, one a Canadian and the other American, provided comprehensive evaluations of what transpired during the Cold War, directing the reader toward some lessons that may be garnered from these studies to help Christians and others in future conflicts, such as with radical Muslims and now with a resurgent Russia\u2014which is attempting to regain influence in its sphere of influence whereas the West sees them as attempting to subvert liberal democracies.\u00a0 Under the influence of President Trump, a major re-alignment seems to be taking place in the US with Evangelicals now viewing Russia in a positive light whereas the more moderate and liberal Christians perceiving Russia as a threat to our values. It would appear that a new confrontation between right-wing authoritarian populism and chauvinistic nationalism is competing with democratic political structure for preeminence in the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n \u00a0To register, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kurt Stone, D.D. \u00a0<\/strong>Back in days when major Hollywood studios (MGM, Paramount, Fox, Universal etc.) exercised all but total control over the lives, stage-names and biographies of their on-screen players, it was not uncommon for a star, leading or supporting actor \u2013even extras – to appear in a half-dozen or more films a year. Consider the following:<\/p>\n Today\u2019s stars are lucky to appear in one movie every 18 months.\u00a0 They are no longer employees of studios, but rather independent contractors.\u00a0 Frequently, they are paid more for a single film than the likes of a Gary Cooper, Clark Gable or Catherine Hepburn made in an entire career.<\/p>\n The main reason why Golden Age Hollywood stars were in so many movies is that their studios released one \u201cA\u201d and two \u201cB\u201d pictures a week, 52 weeks a year.\u00a0 Why so many films?\u00a0 Because they owned their own theaters and motion picture palaces and had to keep a steady flow of new films on screen.\u00a0 Now logically, when a studio releases more than 150 pictures a year, they\u2019re going to run the gamut from future classic to absolute stinker . . . and everything in between.<\/p>\n In this course, we have selected 8 studio-era films which are both largely unknown and definitely in need of being rediscovered <\/em>and revived.\u00a0 <\/em>And who knows . . . perhaps, one of these days, Turner Classic Movies will offer a screening of:<\/p>\n Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday evenings this fall as together, we share the best of unknown Hollywood!<\/p>\n To register for the full 8 weeks, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Irving Labovitz, J.D. \u201cAdmittedly, it should be a lackluster and enervating forthcoming OLLI<\/strong> school year in my course,\u00a0with only a few modest and mundane Constitutional and legal issues to be anticipated.<\/p>\n A few illustrative examples\u2026<\/p>\n Can the President of the United States be involuntarily subpoenaed to\u00a0testify before a\u00a0federal\u00a0grand jury? \u00a0What about his being indicted and tried for one or more alleged crimes either prior to or during his term of office? \u00a0Is a President susceptible to civil lawsuits for claimed legal wrongs\u00a0occurring before taking office? \u00a0Does the Federal Govt. have legal or Constitutional liability for forcing both extended involuntary separation and containment of illegal alien children and their parents seeking asylum in the United States? \u00a0Has Congress, to any extent, abrogated a Constitutional mandate to provide an\u00a0independent \u2018check and balance\u2019 to any alleged problematic executive actions? \u00a0Is the Supreme Court, as will likely soon be\u00a0constituted, about to decide the best way to cross a Constitutional river now subject to historical virulent legal currents\u2026whether to Ro[w]e <\/em><\/strong>or\u00a0Wade<\/em><\/strong>? \u00a0Does the Executive, Congress, or the Judicial Department have requisite Constitutional authority to limit, constrain, or terminate the ongoing Special Counsel inquiry, or those who oversee its scope? \u00a0Did we just see the first Federal Appellate Court\u00a0decision confirming<\/em> the NRA<\/strong> view that Amendment\u00a0II<\/em><\/strong> mandates that states must allow\u00a0\u2018open\u00a0carry’ of loaded guns without limitation or constraint; and will the\u00a0Supreme Court grant\u00a0certiorari<\/em>\u00a0to a likely appeal seeking a continuum of\u00a0Amendment X<\/em><\/strong> predominance? Did a recent 2018 lower federal court threshold decision construing President Trump\u2019s ownership interest in his D.C. hotel as a possible <\/em>violation of the Constitution\u2019s Emolument Clause just \u2018open the door\u2019 to discovery of the hotel\u2019s financial machinations as well as a\u00a0potential<\/em>\u00a0future finding of a violation of this never-before<\/em> litigated postulate?<\/p>\n With only these few\u00a0insignificant<\/em>\u00a0issues, and other mundane matters of like kind, to be raised in this forthcoming school\u00a0year, I\u00a0would\u00a0suggest you opt out of my course and consider an alternative discussion of historical French poetry. I shall, of course, look forward to engaging the remaining few OLLI<\/strong> students still persuaded to contemplate prospective happenings in our usual interactive discussions.”<\/p>\n Irving D. Labovitz, J.D.<\/p>\n To register for the full 8 weeks, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Benito Rakower, Ed.D. The fall film course title, \u201cNow What is Love?,\u201d derives from a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh.\u00a0 Raleigh was one of England\u2019s great sea captains and also one of its greatest lyric poets.\u00a0 The title, and first line of the poem, suggest a sophisticated and ambiguous attitude regarding romantic love.\u00a0 In partial answer, Raleigh says that love is a \u201csunshine mixed with rain.\u201d<\/p>\n These eight films explore the different contexts in which love appears, but always with the same effect. It simply takes possession of one\u2019s life and disrupts everything.<\/p>\n In the eight film that make up the fall film course, we will explore how several of the most distinguished actors and actresses have portrayed the \u201csunshine and rain\u201d of falling in love.<\/p>\n Steve McQueen tries to walk away from Natalie Wood.\u00a0 Not an easy thing to do in any circumstance, as he finds out.\u00a0 Kirk Douglas has everything a man could want.\u00a0 It is not enough if Kim Novak is living down the street.<\/p>\n Kevin Kline is a French petty thief.\u00a0 He meets an American woman on a flight to Paris.\u00a0 They totally change each other\u2019s philosophy of life.\u00a0 Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve, two icons of French cinema, find themselves stranded on an island off the coast of Venezuela with nothing in common.\u00a0 A game of disdain erupts that can have only one outcome.<\/p>\n The sweep of these films ranges from Hollywood melodrama to French rapture.\u00a0 The appeal in each case is irresistible.<\/p>\n To register for the full 8 weeks, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome Back! 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\n<\/em><\/strong>Is Free Speech Really Free?
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\n<\/strong>Thursday, October 18, 2018
\n<\/strong>2:30- 4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Banned and the Burned: Books in America
\n<\/strong>#F1R3
\n<\/strong>Thursday, November 1, 2018
\n<\/strong>2:30-4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>All-Star Panel of FAU Economists Analyzes Happenings in the News
\n<\/strong>Get the Latest Economic Analysis of the Headlines
\n<\/strong>#F1T5
\n<\/strong>Tuesday, November 13, 2018
\n<\/strong>4:30-6 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>To register for Economic Thoughts, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>Revolutionary Rogues: The Spanish American Pirates and Privateers Who Tried to Conquer Florida
\n<\/strong>#F1M2
\n<\/strong>Monday, November 19, 2018
\n<\/strong>12-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>The South: Exploring an American Idea
\n<\/strong>#F1W4
\n<\/strong>Wednesday, November 28, 2018
\n<\/strong>2:30- 4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Robots Are Coming for Us
\n<\/strong>Humanity\u2019s Greatest Opportunity or Most Ominous Threat?
\n<\/strong>#F1T9
\n<\/strong>Tuesday, December 4, 2018
\n<\/strong>12-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson: A Lesson for Today
\n<\/strong>#F1M5
\n<\/strong>Monday, December 10, 2018
\n<\/strong>12-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>North American Churches and the Cold War
\n<\/strong>#F4T2
\n<\/strong>Tuesdays, October 16, 23, 30; November 13 (No class on November 6)
\n<\/em><\/strong>12-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>One Hundred Fifty-Six Pictures a Year . . . and Counting
\n<\/strong>Awesome Films That Somehow Got Lost in the Crowd
\n<\/strong>Mondays- October 15, 22, 29; November 5, 19, 26; December 3, 10 (No class on November 12<\/em>)
\n<\/strong>7-8:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>To register for the last 4 weeks, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Objection!\u00a0<\/strong>Current Contentious and Confusing Legal Battles
\n<\/strong>#F8R3 (Full 8 Weeks)
\n<\/strong>#F4R4 (Last 4 Weeks)
\n<\/strong>Thursday- October 11, 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6 (No class on November 22)
\n<\/em><\/strong>12-1:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTo register for the last 4 weeks, click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Now What is Love?
\n<\/strong>The Rapture and Anguish of Love
\n<\/strong>#F8F5 (Full 8 Weeks) #F4F6 (Last 4 Weeks)
\n<\/strong>Fridays \u2013 October 19, 26; November 2, 9, 16, 30; December 7, 14 (No class on November 23)
\n<\/em><\/strong>1:30-4 p.m.
\n<\/strong>Post-film discussion 4-4:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>To register for the last 4 weeks, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n