Wednesday, April 12, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
According to Freedom House, from 1973 to 2005, the number of democracies worldwide increased dramatically, however, over the past decade, the organization recorded a decline in global freedom.
The U.S. was not immune to this trend. For more the 200 years, Americans have held fast to the country's seemingly impenetrable democratic systems and institutions, in checks and...
Friday, April 10, 1981, 12:00 p.m.
The Medical Implications of Nuclear War
Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder and National President of Physicians for Social Responsibility, speaks on the medical implications of nuclear war. She urges the City Club to consider nuclear weapons not as a political or economic matter, but as medical issue. Dr....
Friday, March 27, 1981, 12:00 p.m.
Acid Rain: A Continental Challenge
Raymond M. Robinson of the Canadian Environmental Protection Service speaks on the continental challenges of acid rain. Citing the interdependence of the United States' and Canadian economies, Mr. Robinson warns that acid rain must be treated as a corporate issue...
Friday, February 06, 1981, 12:00 p.m.
The Orchestra and its Place in the Community
Lorin Maazel became the Orchestra's fifth Musical Director in 1972. After having conducted nearly 100 of the Orchestra's concerts each year since, he is preparing to leave Cleveland for Vienna. Maazel speaks about the influence of music and music-makers in contemporary...
Friday, May 16, 1980, 12:00 p.m.
Remarks from Presidential Candidate George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush's frist visit to the City Club forum was June 2, 1972, when he was United States Ambassador to the United Nations.On August, 14, 1974, he returned as Republican National Chairman. On June 25, 1976, he delivered an...
Friday, March 14, 1980, 12:00 p.m.
Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Catholic Diocese of Detroit, speaks about his trip to Iran, where he was one of three religious leaders to visit the hostages in Iran in December of 1979. Click here to listen to audio
Friday, November 23, 1979, 12:00 p.m.
Bishop James A. Hickey and Reverend Joan Campbell
Bishop James Hickey, Cleveland Catholic Diocese and the Reverend Joan Brown Campbell, Director of Religion, Chautauqua Institution are interviewed by Rena Blumberg. Click here to listen to audio
Friday, April 13, 1979, 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Benjamin Spock, author, pediatrician, and National Committe for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE) national board member, speaks on why he is against nuclear power in medical, social, and political contexts.
Friday, March 09, 1979, 12:00 p.m.
United States Senator John Glenn, member of the senate foreign relations and armed services committees: 'SALT & China - a first-hand view.' The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, SALT, was created during the cold war and signed in 1972 when the...
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