Upcoming events.

The Examiner Club is meeting, for the 2025-2026 season, on the third Wednesday of each month.   

Members convene at the Union Club in Boston, with special meetings and “field trips” at the Arnold Arboretum and other locations. This page will list the presentations for the current and upcoming year, as dates and speakers are settled. Check in regularly for details. 

Winter-Spring 2026

January 21 Renée Loth. "Can gentrification be stopped? And do we even want to stop it?”  The pros and cons of gentrification, considering the Greater Boston and national environments, with solutions that might work… or not.

February 18 Ray Madoff. "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.”Ray’s recent book, recommended in the New Yorker Best Books of 2025, asks, “Why don’t the rich pay taxes and what can be done about it?”

March 18 Bob Kuttner. “Notes For Next Time: Surviving Trump and Reviving America.”  Drawing on his memoir, to be published in March, Bob will talk about a period when America began great progress towards social and economic justice, and then, as he says, “it got away from us.”  

April 15 David Halbert. “The Man in the Arena: The Campaign Experience Through the Eyes of a Candidate.” David will explore his decisions to run in Boston's municipal elections in 2019 and 2021, offering timely lessons from the campaign trail.

May 20   Peter Vanderwarker. “Painting and Photography.” Peter described his presentation, to be held at the Arnold Arboretum, as “a dance between two media.”