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Commonwealth Club

Steven Pinker is the author, most recently, of "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life." (Christopher Michel)
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Steven Pinker reflects on his Maimonides moment in a new book

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Looking at Steven Pinker’s piercing blue eyes and boyish mien, even on a Zoom call, it’s easy to imagine him as an 11-year-old upstart, filled with righteous scorn over his […]

Bari Weiss (left) and Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak at a virtual event hosted by the Commonwealth Club, Feb. 11, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Commonwealth Club event goes forward, despite CAIR criticism of ‘anti-Muslim’ speakers

by Gabriel Greschler February 12, 2021February 16, 2021
Emily Howe resigned from the Commonwealth Club's Inforum advisory board over an event featuring Bari Weiss and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Commonwealth Club under fire over planned event, Jewish board member resigns

by Gabriel Greschler February 11, 2021February 12, 2021
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson speaking at Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco, June 2017 (Photo/Steve Jennings)
Posted inBay Area, News

‘Good Fight’ panelists stick to their own social-justice agendas

by Rob Gloster May 3, 2018
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by Rob Gloster February 13, 2017February 13, 2017

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