In our continuing series on US / global relations, especially with the Middle East, David Caploe *83 will examine the dynamics of public / political / media discourse five years after the September 11 attacks.

While the immediate reaction was "this changes everything," it is hard to see much evidence of that anywhere in American daily life, with the exception of air travel -- an already annoying experience for most people, now aggravated by "security measures" whose effectiveness remains unclear.

But one major area where 9/11 has had a significant impact is public discourse re US relations with the rest of the world -- above all, although certainly not limited to, the Arab / Muslim realm -- most notably in the framework of assumptions informing and organizing the ways politicians and media in particular discuss contemporary issues.

While there are definite continuities with significant aspects of pre - 9 / 11 "public" discourse, those key assumptions have tended to move in a specific direction, making today's national "conversation" dangerously narrow / muddled / and out of touch with evident and unavoidable global realities.

This is particularly disturbing given the radically de-stabilizing challenge of political Islam, the crucial aspect of the current situation that no American discourse -- "official" / media / academic / popular -- has recognized or acknowledged, thus making impossible the development of any meaningful and realistic strategy for dealing with it.

David Caploe has an AB in social theory from Harvard, and an MA in politics and PhD in international political economy from Princeton. Creator of the Digital Encyclopedia of the Global Media Society, and the political blog Grok Your World, he has taught at Duke, Fordham, North Carolina State, the University of Miami, Strayer and Mirus Universities, as well as New College in San Francisco.

Date:	Thursday 10/5
Time:	6-8
Location:	Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco
Address:	275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, Embarcadero West @ Sacramento
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	David Marshak '66 925-932-6436

Tigers are *going nuts* Friday Oct. 6th at Antonio's Nut House in Palo Alto . Join Princeton cheerleaders, enthusiasts, and Old Nassau fans for an evening of revelry and good cheer. We'll be imbibing merrily, catching up, and cracking some nuts.

And you? Please join us. Friends and family are welcome.

-- Your Hosts Catherine Baker and Whitney Colella

Date: Friday 10/6
Time: 7-9
Location: Antonio's Nut House, Palo Alto
Address: 321 S. California Ave
RSVP: Not Required
Member Price: Free
Non-Member Price: Free
Contact: Catherine Baker 97, Whitney Colella '97

Date:	Friday 10/6
Time:	7-9
Location:	Antonio's Nut House, Palo Alto
Address:	321 S. California Ave
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	Whitney Colella and Catherine Baker '97 650 283 2701

Princeton Club members will have the best seats in town for the legendary Blue Angels Air Show for Fleet Week, one of San Francisco's favorite annual events. The Empress yacht will be filled with orange and black as Princetonians enjoy a two-hour cruise featuring gourmet hors d'oeuvres, great company, and a free soda bar. (Other beverages will be available via cash bar.) We'll depart from Pier 40 and take in San Francisco Bay's most beloved sights: ATT Park, Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Alcatraz, the bridges and maybe even some sea lions and harbor seals. There will be ample indoor and outdoor seating from which to enjoy the views. Wear your orange and black for the festivities!

The yacht will begin boarding at 2:15pm at Pier 40 in South Beach Harbor near ATT Park in San Francisco and will depart promptly at 2:30 pm. (Note Pier 40, South Beach Harbor is near ATT Park and not next to Pier 39! The even numbered piers are on the southeast side of the city. See below for parking and directions.) The yacht will return and dock at 4:30 pm.

All Princeton alumni are welcome at this event, but as a special thank
you to our members, member ticket prices have been partially subsidized by the Club.

MEMBER PRICING

Member - $55
Member Guest - $55 (limit one guest at this rate)
Additional Member Guests - $75
Additional Family Members - Please add $55 for each additional family
member

NON-MEMBER PRICING:

Non-Member - $75
Each Non-Member Guest - $75

Children under 3 are free.

Space is very limited so please RSVP by Monday, September 25th. To RSVP, please send check for appropriate amount (made out to "PCNC") to Chrissy Holland at the following address:

408 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

Please indicate your name, class year and number of guests.

For more information on Fleet Week, including details on the Parade of
Ships which takes place earlier Saturday morning, please visit:

http://www.fleetweek.us/fleetweek

We look forward to seeing you there!

Directions to Pier 40:
From the North Bay: Hwy 101 over Golden Gate Bridge. Follow signs to
Lombard. Follow Lombard to Van Ness, turn left. Turn right onto Bay Street and go to the end. Turn right on Embarcadero and go 1 ¾ miles to Pier 40.

From the East Bay: Hwy 80 across the Bay Bridge. Take the
Embarcadero/Harrison exit. Turn right on Harrison. Turn right on
Embarcadero. Go 1 mile to Pier 40.

From the South Bay via 101: Hwy 101 North. Take 4th Street exit. Go to
Bryant and straight through to the water. Turn right on Embarcadero and proceed to Pier 40.

From the South Bay via 280: Hwy 280 North to the end. Take 4th Street exit and continue straight onto King Street. Follow King to Embarcadero and proceed to Pier 40.

Parking: There are 45 free parking places at Pier 40, metered parking
along Embarcadero, and lots between Brannan and Bryant as well as inside the hangar.

Date:	Saturday 10/7
Time:	2-4:30
Location:	Depart from South Beach Harbor, SF, San Francisco
Address:	Pier 40 (near ATT Park)
RSVP:	Please RSVP by September 25 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$55
Non-Member Price:	$75
Please send your payment in by September 25 to the contact listed below.
Contact:	Chrissy Holland '03 408 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117 415-370-7850

Hear from that rarest of individuals -- a public servant who resigned his office over a matter of principle.

When Princeton visiting lecturer Brady Kiesling quit his job as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in 2003, his letter protesting the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq reverberated around the world.

In support of his book Diplomacy Lessons, he will discuss the ways the United States' own actions have blackened its international image, and what it must do to regain global respect.

Born in 1957 in Houston, Kiesling grew up in Los Altos, California. He graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in ancient Greek, and earned an MA in ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology at UC Berkeley. After fieldwork as an archaeologist in Spain, Greece, and Turkey, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1983 under President Reagan. His first diplomatic posting was vice consul and aide to the US ambassador in Tel Aviv.

Since his departure from the State Department in 2003, he has been writing and speaking on U.S. foreign policy, including a stint at Princeton. His articles and essays have been published in the New York Review of Books, Salon.com, and major newspapers. He lives in Athens, Greece

Date:	Monday 10/9
Time:	12-1:30
Location:	Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco
Address:	275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, Embarcadero West @ Sacramento
RSVP:	Please RSVP by October 5 to the contact listed below.
Member Price:	$10
Non-Member Price:	$15
Contact:	David Marshak '66 925-932-6436

We will look at the flaws and virtues among all the players: politicians, mainstream and "alternative" media, and the emerging internet-based world of the "blogosphere." Please join us for what has become an intriguing and provocative series of PCNC events, attended by very bright and articulate people from all over the Bay Area.

David Marshak is an authority on how humans create systems that work and how they create systems which do not work. He is a retired Vice President and Technology Manager at Bank of America and has a systems consulting business, Marshak Associates West, http://www.marshakassociateswest.com/Index.html

David Caploe gave an excellent presentation on Political Islam to the club in May and on Middle East Madness in August.

David Caploe is an A.B. honors graduate of Harvard in Social Theory, with an M.A. in Politics and Ph.D in International Political Economy from Princeton. He has been a close observer of the Middle East since the 1973 October War, when he was living in Israel and working with the Israeli peace movement. For the next several years, he was involved in Middle East-related activities in both Europe and the US, taking part in the Princeton Near East Faculty Seminar chaired by Carl Brown.

He is the author of the invaluable guide Middle East 101: Thirteen Things Americans Need To Know About The Middle East, -- http://www.grokyourworld.com/louisxiv/2006/07/me_madness_xxvi_1.html -- as well as a 40 + part series "Middle East Madness" -- http://www.grokyourworld.com/louisxiv/2006/07/middle_east_mad.html -- on his "always ahead of the curve" political blog, Grok Your World -- http://www.grokyourworld.com/louisxiv/ .

David has experience in radio, television, and print journalism. His articles about world politics have appeared in publications such as The Miami Herald, Inquiry, and The Nation.

Date:	Thursday 10/12
Time:	6-8
Location:	Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco
Address:	275 Battery Street, Suite 2000, Embarcadero West @ Sacramento
RSVP:	Not Required
Member Price:	Free
Non-Member Price:	Free
Contact:	David Marshak '66 925-932-6436