Friday, March 14, 2025
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
1317 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100 Cleveland, OH 44115
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Friday, March 14, 2025
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
1317 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100 Cleveland, OH 44115
For more than two decades, The City Club of Cleveland has hosted the annual High School Debate Championship.
Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday forum. This allows the debaters to compete—not only for the judges and audience in the room—but also for our radio and television audiences.
The...
Friday, December 20, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
David Broder, a national political correspondent for the Washington Post, speaks on the questions of whether there is a "fatal feud" between the Government and the press, especially within the context of the Watergate incident. Broder was awarded the Pulitzer...
Friday, May 17, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Retired Admiral Gene R. La Rocque criticizes current U.S. military spending practices. Along with other retired military officers, La Rocque is a founder of the Center for Defense Information, CDI '' to analyze military matters, inform decision-makers and the public,...
Friday, May 03, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Debate: Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn
In response to a speech by Howard Metzenbaum in Toledo in which he accused John Glenn of never holding a real job, Glenn delivered what came to be known as his 'Gold Star Mother Speech' at the City Club debate....
Friday, January 25, 1974, 12:30 p.m.
Healthcare as a Right to all Ohioans
Frank P. Celeste, Chairman of Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan's Task Force on Health Care, speaks about the work the task force is doing to make healthcare a right to all citizens rather than a privilege. Photo: Cleveland Memory Project
Friday, May 18, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Remarks from Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
"The importance of Watergate is not the bugging of telephones, it is the massive assault on the system – eliminating the field of contenders and subverting the system. If the allegations are true, then those who took part in it...
Friday, September 29, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
James C. Davis, Chairman of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association; Partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, and former head of the Cleveland Bar Association, speaks at the City Club about Cleveland’s outlook to remain the “best location in the nation.” Where is...
Friday, June 02, 1972, 12:30 p.m.
Remarks from Ambassador George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush's first visit to the City Club, as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He was appointed to this role by President Richard Nixon in 1971. He speaks on the role and the work of the United Nations...
Friday, March 03, 1972, 12:30 p.m.
People United to Save Humanity
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, National Director of Operation PUSH, speaks about his organization, People United to Save Humanity. PUSH is a civil economics organization, and they believe that in history the problem is political and economic, and so the solution...
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