Hello Rounders and Visitors to our Website.

My name is Michael Bazdarich, and I have to honor to preside over the Economic Roundtable in this our 94^th year of fellowship and erudite presentations.  While our club started out in 1932 as a discussion forum for the US economy amidst the Great Depression, over the years, we have evolved into a broad-based forum for presentations on all topics imaginable.

In my nine years as a Rounder, I have heard talks on topics ranging from Aztec civilization to the development of the Stealth Bomber to the history of moral philosophy, and all points in between.

We ask our membership to be open to new ideas expressed humbly, concisely, and in good spirit, and we try to leave our minds and hearts open to contentions with which we might disagree.  And when there is disagreement, we try to let good fellowship and honest intellectual curiosity carry the day.

That is our intention, and we let our membership and our guests judge as to how well we have succeeded in that intention.

For you Rounders, we are all looking forward to another year of excellent presentations and good fellowship.  For you visitors to our website, if these prospects intrigue you, we invite you to pursue membership in our club.  Like the US Marines, we are always looking for a few good men to add to our ranks.

Pictured here are Professor Ed Leamer, our late good friend and fellow Rounder, Steve Saruwatari, our golfing buddy, and myself.  Ed passed early this year, and we miss his insights and wit terribly.

We hope to see you at our breakfast meetings this year.