...if she wants to get depressed... http://www.codysbooks.com/calendar/calendar2.jsp - Wednesday, May 12 - CARL POPE & PAUL RAUBER - on STRATEGIC IGNORANCE: WHY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS RECKLESSLY DESTROYING A CENTURY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS. Brilliantly argued and full of damning evidence from the Bush administration's environmental record, STRATEGIC IGNORANCE sets forth what the American public can and must do to bring a halt to Bush's radical experiment, to overturn the consensus on natural-resource policy. A veteran leader in the environmental movement, Carl Pope has been Executive Director of the Sierra Club since 1992. He has also served on the boards of the Ca League of conservation Voters, Public Voice, the National Clean Air coalition, Ca Common Cause, Public Interest Economics, Inc., and Zero Population Growth. "Not since the Gilded Age, when the robber barons bought and sold U.S. corporations and owned the presidency, have the money powers so controlled our government. Carl Pope and Paul Rauber prove that this administration, led by the worst environmental president in history, is devouring not only our rivers, streams, and public lands, but also our democracy. I wish the book were required reading for every politician and citizen..." - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Paul Rauber, a senior editor at Sierra magazine, has written on politics, the environment, travel, and food for Mother Jones, Ca Lawyer, and other publications. 7:30 PM at Telegraph Avenue