Past GO Meetings: 2009-

Date Topic Presenter Type
April 16, 2016 Objectivism, Religion,
and the Marketing of a Philosophy		 Carl Maertz
and Lorie Bugby		 Presentation and Discussion
March 19, 2016 Party Nominees N/A Discussion
February 2016 No meeting N/A N/A
January 16, 2016 BRIC Discussion
(Brazil, Russia, India, and China)		 Lorie Bugby Presentation and Discussion
December 5, 2015 Annual Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
October 17, 2015 Democratic Nominee Debate N/A Discussion
September 19, 2015 Republican Nominee Debate N/A Discussion
August 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
July 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
June 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
May 16, 2015 Objectivism in our Daily Lives N/A Discussion
April 18, 2015 Epistemology: An Engineer's Approach Norm Siefert Presentation
March 21, 2015 St. Louis City and County Merger N/A Discussion
February 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
January 2015 No meeting N/A N/A
December 13, 2014 Annual Non-Specific-Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 15, 2014 Current Events Discussion N/A Discussion
October 18, 2014 Halloween Party N/A Party and Discussion
September 13, 2014 Atlas Shrugged Part III in theater N/A Movie
August 16, 2014 A Discussion on "What is Reason?" Tom Blackburn Discussion
July 19, 2014 A Discussion of
America: Imagine the World Without Her		 N/A Discussion
June 2014 No meeting N/A N/A
May 17, 2014 A Discussion on Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals Bob Bugby Presentation and Discussion
April 19, 2014 A Discussion on Drug Policies
and a Discussion on Racism		 Dianne Blackburn,
Marilyn Greenwald		 Presentations and Discussions
March 15, 2014 America's Longest War N/A Movie
February 2014 No meeting N/A N/A
January 2014 No meeting N/A N/A
2013
December 21, 2013 Annual Non-Specific Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 16, 2013 The Intersection of Church and State N/A Movie
October 19, 2013 Halloween Party N/A Party and Discussion
September 2013 No meeting N/A N/A
August 17, 2013 Discussion on Obamacare and Other Current Events N/A Discussion
July 20, 2013 Current Events Discussion N/A Discussion
June 15, 2013 Current Events Facing the Obama Administration N/A Discussion
May 2013 No meeting N/A N/A
April 2013 No meeting N/A N/A
March 16, 2013 Rand Paul Discussion N/A Discussion
February 16, 2013 Attendee's Choice N/A Discussion
January 19, 2013 GO Bits N/A Discussion
2012
December 15, 2012 Annual Non-Specific Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 17, 2012 Post-Election Discussion N/A Discussion
October 12, 2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part 2 in theater N/A Movie
September 15, 2012 Generation Zero N/A Movie
August 18, 2012 GO Bits on Environmentalism Marilyn Greenwald Discussion
July 21, 2012 The Third Jihad N/A Movie
June 16, 2012 Ayn Rand & the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged on DVD N/A Movie
May 2012 No meeting N/A N/A
April 21, 2012 GO Bits N/A Discussion
March 17, 2012 Ayn Rand, in Her Own Words N/A Movie
February 2012 No meeting N/A N/A
January 25, 2012 Ayn Rand and the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged in theater N/A Movie
2011
December 17, 2011 Annual Non-Specific Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 19, 2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 on DVD N/A Movie
October 15, 2011 GO Bits / Dinner N/A Dinner and Discussion
September 17, 2011 Inside Job N/A Movie
August 2011 No meeting N/A N/A
July 16, 2011 GO Bits N/A Discussion
June 18, 2011 Islam - Past and Present Bob Bugby Presentation
May 21, 2011 GO Bits N/A Discussion
April 16, 2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 in theater N/A Movie
March 19, 2011 In the Face of Evil - Documentary on Ronald Reagan N/A Movie
February 19, 2011 Discussion of Recent Books and/or Movies N/A Discussion
January 15, 2011 The Cartel N/A Movie
2010
December 11, 2010 Annual Non-Specific Holiday Potluck Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 20, 2010 The Essence of Political Persuasion by Michael Cloud N/A Taped Audio Lecture
October 16, 2010 Old Videos of Ayn Rand N/A Videos
September 2010 No meeting    
August 21, 2010 2081 N/A Movie
July 17, 2010 Presentation on Mike Mentzer Ben Hughes Presentation
June 2010 No meeting    
May 15, 2010 The Manchurian Candidate N/A Movie
April 17, 2010 Direct Political Action for Freedom Lovers:
What Works and What Doesn't		 N/A Discussion
March 20, 2010 The Peikoff-Kelley Dichotomy Jon Litton Presentation
February 20, 2010 The Invention of Lying N/A Movie
January 16, 2010 Discussion of Recent Books and/or Movies N/A Discussion
2009
December 13, 2009 Annual Non-Specific Holiday Dinner N/A Potluck Dinner
November 21, 2009 Michael Moore Hate-Fest N/A Documentaries
October 17, 2009 Amazing Grace N/A Movie
September 19, 2009 FreedomFest 2009 DVDs N/A Videos
August 15, 2009 Roundtable Discussion on Productivity vs. Inflation Mike Franco Dinner and Discussion
July 18, 2009 CERT: Citizens Emergency Response Training -
What You Need to Know		 Marilyn Greenwald Presentation
June 2009 No meeting    
May 16, 2009 Separating Capitalism from Materialism Carl Maertz Presentation
April 18, 2009 An Objectivist View of Taxation Jeff Kiviat Presentation
March 21, 2009 Discussion on the Influence of Objectivism N/A Roundtable Discussion
February 21, 2009 Swing Vote N/A Movie
January 17, 2009 Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t Session N/A TV shows

 

"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

-- Ayn Rand