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A Question of Significance Why The City Club of San Diego? Why a public forum that considers significant issues facing America and the world? Here's one answer: A few years back 99 percent of students polled at America's top 50 universities could identify the television cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead. Only 42 percent could identify George Washington, the first President, one of the truly key figures in American history. If that doesn't alarm you, it should. A democratic society is no stronger than the ability of its citizens to distinguish between what's important and what's trivial, what matters and what doesn't. George Washington matters. Beavis and Butthead do not (except as a negative commentary on what a stunning wasteland contemporary television has become). What The City Club of San Diego accomplishes, through its programs featuring nationally prominent speakers, is to get real people thinking about real issues; issues that will affect the future course of America. If you believe the consideration of such issues is in the public interest, then The City Club of San Diego is an organization you should join. But don't delay. Do it today. Upcoming Speaker Events Friday, August 1, 2008 Dick Flavin - The Great Raconteur & Poet Laureate of Baseball Read more... Friday, August 15, 2008 Colonel Nathan Sassaman - United States Army Read more... Friday, September 5, 2008 Dr. William R. Brody - President, The Johns Hopkins University Read more...   Past Speaker Events Friday, June 20, 2008 His Excellency Flavio Espinal Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Scott McClellan Friday, June 6, 2008 Remembering Bobby Thursday, May 29, 2008 The Honorable Gary Hart Friday, May 23, 2008 Candidates for Mayor of San Diego – Steve Francis, Floyd Morrow, and Jerry Sanders Thursday, May 15, 2008 William Novelli & Andy Stern Friday, May 9, 2008 Candidates for City Attorney of San Diego – Mike Aguirre, Jan Goldsmith, Amy Lepine, Brian Maienschein, and Scott Peters Friday, April 25, 2008 Fred Krupp Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Bill Press Friday, April 11, 2008 Candidates for San Diego City Council – Districts 1 and 7 Friday, April 4, 2008 Roger Mudd Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Adam Hamilton Friday, February 29, 2008 Armando Rodriguez Thursday, February 21, 2008 Dr. Irwin Jacobs Saturday, February 16, 2008 The Honorable Michael Dukakis Thursday, February 7, 2008 Jim Wallis Gay Talese Monday, February 4, 2008 Bishop William Willimon Thursday, January 17, 2008 Richard Reeves Thursday, December 13, 2007 Paul Krugman Saturday, December 1, 2007 Valerie Plame Wilson Thursday, November 15, 2007 Naomi Wolf Friday, September 28, 2007 Eileen Padberg Friday, September 7, 2007 Dr. Harlan Kenneth Ullman Thursday, August 9, 2007 Vincent Bugliosi Friday, June 29, 2007 Frank Deford Friday, June 15, 2007 George Condon Jr. and Marcus Stern Friday, June 8, 2007 Tony Perry Friday, May 18, 2007 Dr. Marion Nestle Friday, May 11, 2007 Mayor Jerry Sanders, Council President Scott Peters, and City Attorney Mike Aguirre Wednesday, May 2, 2007 Ambassador Mark Dybul Friday, April 27, 2007 Chuck La Bella Friday, April 13, 2007 Christine Brennan Thursday, April 5, 2007 The Rt. Honorable Geoffrey William Hoon Friday, March 30, 2007 The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Thursday, March 15, 2007 The Honorable Wellington Webb Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Anne Lamott Friday, February 9, 2007 James H. Quigley Friday, January 12, 2007 Kitty Dukakis Friday, January 5, 2007 Dr J. Edward Hill Thursday, December 14, 2006 Lynn Sherr Friday, November 17, 2006 The Honorable Swanee Hunt Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Max Boot Friday, November 3, 2006 Peter Beinhart Friday, October 20, 2006 Red Cavaney Friday, October 6, 2006 The Honorable Ben Barnes Tuesday, September 19, 2006 James Fallows Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Mr. John Hofmeister Monday, August 7, 2006 The Honorable John Hickenlooper Friday, July 14, 2006 Franz Wisner Friday, June 23, 2006 Dr. Steven P. Erie Friday, June 16, 2006 Dr. Will Marshall III Friday, June 2, 2006 A Discussion on the National Budget and U.S. Fiscal Policies Thursday, May 11, 2006 Robert S. Mueller III Friday, April 21, 2006 The Honorable George McGovern Friday, April 14, 2006 Jerry Butkiewicz Thursday, April 6, 2006 Jerry Sanders and Jay Goldstone Friday, March 24, 2006 The Honorable Bill White Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Michael Gordon Monday, March 20, 2006 Pat Williams