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Friday, October 17, 2014
OK, it’s a little bit late. (The actual anniversary was 2012.) But the final product was worth the wait. And, like the club and the forums it chronicles, this book pulls no punches and respects no sacred cows. Turns out it’s been quite an adventure. And it’s all here. In a highly readable and penetrating...
read onThursday, October 16, 2014
The City Club connects people, so it is no surprise that the City Club Centennial book is a product of people connections. Witness these: As celebrated in the Introduction to the Club’s 75th anniversary history, David Ford in 1916 picked up at the train station for a Club speech the spokesman for the General then...
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Our annual meeting is coming up soon (on October 23rd, 4pm, here at 850 Euclid), and we'd like you to be here for it. Why? Because we like you. And also because you're the reason why we do what we do. And although we do over a hundred programs a year for the benefit of...
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
The following is a transcript of the State of the Schools speech delivered by Eric Gordon, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. September 30, 2014, at a City Club event at the Renaissance Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, before an audience of approximately 900 Clevelanders. THE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS Good afternoon, and thank you...
Monday, September 15, 2014
Last month, Atlantic correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates emerged from the self-imposed reclusiveness that followed his landmark essay "The Case for Reparations" with a public speech about that essay in Cleveland, Ohio. His speech at The City Club of Cleveland was powerful and emotionally affecting and challenging. Those who have read the piece or heard the speech know it...
Monday, September 15, 2014
In Ohio, it's a real question. Late Friday afternoon, representatives for three incumbent campaigns in statewide offices in Ohio sent emails declining invitations to public debates at one of the nation's century-old free speech forums. Those emails from the campaigns of Attorney General Mike DeWine (R), Secretary of State Jon Husted (R), and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel (R)...
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