News September 20, 2021

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• Lady Carnarvon publishes latest book about Highclere Castle, the setting for ITV series Downton Abbey

  SPEAKER: Lady Fiona Carnarvon

  (Press Release) – Chatelaine of Highclere Castle Lady Carnarvon has a written a new book about life at the castle, and its history, entitled Seasons at Highclere.

• American Gene Technologies Appoints Dr. Robert R. Redfield as Special Advisor to the CEO

  SPEAKER: Robert Redfield

  (AGT) – American Gene Technologies announces the appointment of Dr. Robert R. Redfield as special advisor to AGT CEO Jeff Galvin.

• Conservation Photographer Cristina Mittermeier on the State of Our Oceans and Using Art To Take Action [Podcast]

  SPEAKER: Cristina Mittermeier

  (Modern Met) – In the latest episode of the Top Artist podcast, we talk to Cristina about her incredible career and current work with Sea Legacy.

• ‘Uncontrolled Spread’ Review

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (WSJ) – A former Food and Drug Administration commissioner surveys what went wrong with America’s response to the Covid pandemic.

• The Republican Opportunity

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – Every Democratic senator and representative has already voted for the outline of Senator Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion Big Government Socialist bill.

• Sept. 11 and the Future of American History: Niall Ferguson

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – These reflections are prompted by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

• Former FDA commissioner: ‘We remain almost equally vulnerable to threat from the next pandemic’

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Washington Post) – Scott Gottlieb, 49, is the author of “Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic.”

• Gottlieb says vaccines could be approved for kids 5-11 by end of October

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – Pfizer has already filed its application with the FDA for approval of its booster, and Gottlieb predicted Johnson & Johnson will likely be next to do so.

• Marc Short warns Joe Biden, Democrats looking to create ‘a welfare state’

  SPEAKER: Marc Short

  (FOX) – House Democrats eye 26.5 percent tax increase amid rising inflation

• What the Never Trumpers Want Now

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The former cultural core of the GOP is exiting the party. The Democrats should keep those voters in their corner. Here’s how to do it.

• Gottlieb says federal vaccine mandate could ‘discourage some vaccination’

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (The Hill) – Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Sunday said the new federal vaccine mandate announced by President Biden could “discourage some vaccination” in the near term.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” September 12, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired on Sunday, September 12, 2021, on “Face the Nation.”

• Pence returns to the arena — as a podcaster

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Politico) – The former vice president occupies a precarious position in the GOP’s post-Trump landscape.

• Will Xi move on Taiwan? History warns he might: Niall Ferguson

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Nikkei Asia) – After Afghanistan, Chinese leader may conclude US won’t intervene, scholar says.

• Brazil in for a rough year as Bolsonaro tests limits of democracy

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (Business Day) – Is Brazil’s democracy at risk?

• NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss Debuts New Series Thursday on Peacock

  SPEAKER: Michael Beschloss

  (NBC) – NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss is getting his own series on Peacock, Fireside History with Michael Beschloss.

• How to build a stronger brain, according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s book ‘Keep Sharp’

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – Taking proactive steps to enhance your brain’s health and performance will serve you for many years to come.

• Why Americans Favor Free Market Capitalism Over Big Government Socialism

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – Americans distrust big government and reject the idea that their efforts are subordinate to some bureaucrat’s need for their money.

• Raising taxes will destroy jobs

  SPEAKER: Marc Short

  (Washington Times) – Biden, radical Democrats push socialist economic plan

• WATCH: What Radical Islam And The Woke Have In Common

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  (Daily Wire) – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Dutch politician, shares the similarities between radical Islam and the Woke ideology being promoted in the United States.

• Celebrating Labor Day

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Gingrich 360) – The threat of a global pandemic reshaped work in ways we could not have imagined even a few years ago.

• Dr. Gottlieb says Northeast has yet to see ‘true delta wave,’ expects another Covid case spike

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – The Northeast will likely experience another jump in Covid cases tied to the highly transmissible delta variant, Dr. Scott Gottlieb predicted Friday.

• Afghanistan ‘is not an opportunity for China, it’s a problem’: Ian Bremmer

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (Yahoo!) – Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer said the U.S. withdrawal from the country creates more headaches than opportunities for Beijing long term.

• Newt Gingrich: Biden’s ‘damage’ to US in Afghanistan disaster is unprecedented

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (FOX) – The former House speaker returned to “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday night.

• Dr. Scott Gottlieb says people who had Covid won’t be immune forever, should get vaccinated

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – People who previously were infected with Covid should eventually get vaccinated against the disease, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC.

• Osterholm on the fourth COVID-19 wave, schools reopening and vaccine safety

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (MPR News) – Where are we headed next in the COVID-19 pandemic?

• 50 Years After Going Off Gold, the Dollar Must Go for Crypto: Niall Ferguson

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – If we have learned nothing else from the past half-century, it is surely that the best way to win a race with totalitarian rivals is not to copy them, but to out-innovate them.

• ‘The one big lesson’ of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, according to Ian Bremmer

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (Yahoo Finance) – As the last of the U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, one geopolitics expert thinks America’s longest war left us with one key lesson.

• Fourth annual Pete Frates 3 Golf Classic a smashing success once again

  SPEAKER:

  (Salem News) – Any time a group of people gets together to celebrate the life of the late, great Pete Frates, you can expect an abundance of smiles, laughter and delightful trips down memory lane.

• Pfizer director Dr. Scott Gottlieb says Covid vaccine for kids 5 to 11 could come by winter

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects U.S. drug regulators to clear the Pfizer Covid vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11 in late fall or early winter of this year.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” August 29, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired on Sunday, August 29, 2021, on “Face the Nation.”

• Osterholm: Schools should deploy air filters, ‘quality masking’ to mitigate spread of COVID-19

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (ABC) – All across Minnesota, strong debate continues over COVID-19 safety protocols as classrooms start to open this year.

• The Need for a US National Clinical Trial Infrastructure in a Public Health Crisis

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (JAMA) – In the absence of conclusive information, findings from speculative studies, observational data, and anecdotes were able to fill the ensuing information vacuum.

• Mike Pence blasts Biden’s ‘foreign policy humiliation’ in Afghanistan: They ‘set this disaster in motion’

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (FOX) – Pence tells Brian Kilmeade Trump admin would have acted from position of ‘strength’

• Former CMS head Seema Verma joins virtual mental health platform

  SPEAKER: Seema Verma

  (BHR) – As a member of LifeStance’s board, Ms. Verma will help the company expand its strategy to increase mental healthcare for patients across the U.S.

• Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the delta variant-fueled Covid surge in the American South has peaked

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – “I think it’s pretty clear right now the South has peaked,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday.

• Vikings play host to disease expert Michael Osterholm as some players remain unvaccinated

  SPEAKER: Michael Osterholm

  (Star Tribune) – The University of Minnesota infectious disease expert spoke to the team before practice. “Whether or not that changes anything, I don’t know,” coach Mike Zimmer said.

• Transcript: Dr. Scott Gottlieb on “Face the Nation,” August 22, 2021

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CBS) – The following is a transcript of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that aired on Sunday, August 22, 2021, on “Face the Nation.”

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Simple steps for coexisting with the coronavirus

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – And that is how we dance with the coronavirus. It’s that simple and we already have the tools at our disposal.

• Dr. Scott Gottlieb says vaccinated people cannot ‘throw caution to the wind’ due to delta variant

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Friday urged fellow vaccinated Americans to be on guard about the Covid delta variant.

• Niall Ferguson on why the end of America’s empire won’t be peaceful

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Economist)- As it leaves Afghanistan in chaos, America’s decline mirrors Britain’s a century ago. It may also invite wider conflict, warns a historian.

• Deborah Birx: Long-term care must prepare for, protect against, prevent COVID-19

  SPEAKER: Deborah Birx

  (Senior Living) – Providers must rally together to protect residents in senior living communities and nursing homes from COVID-19, former White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx, M.D., said Wednesday.

• Ex-defense secretary: Trump’s push to get US troops out of Afghanistan possibly ‘undermined’ deal with Taliban

  SPEAKER: Mark Esper

  (CNN) – The agreement between the Taliban and the US has come under fresh scrutiny in recent days after Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters this weekend, almost two decades after they were driven from the city by US troops.

• This is how US incompetence led to Afghanistan horror

  SPEAKER: Ian Bremmer

  (Business Day) – What is shocking, given the experience of national security and foreign policy team Joe Biden has assembled, was the sheer failure of the execution

• As Pence blasts Biden on Afghanistan, former Pentagon chief Esper suggests Trump also played a role

  SPEAKER: Mark Esper

  (The Week) – Former Vice President Mike Pence and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper are offering slightly different views on President Biden’s exit from Afghanistan.

• Mike Pence: Biden Broke Our Deal With the Taliban

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (WSJ) – It’s a foreign-policy humiliation unlike anything our country has endured since the Iran hostage crisis.

• America’s Child-Tax-Credit Bonanza

  SPEAKER: Todd Buchholz

  (Project Syndicate) – The monthly Child Tax Credit that went into effect in July represents a massive opportunity for businesses.

• The Korean Way With Data: How the World’s Most Wired Country Is Forging a Third Way

  SPEAKER: Evan Feigenbaum

  (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) – What can and should be learned from innovative Korean policies and practices?

• Pence convenes GOP donors, luminaries at Jackson Hole retreat

  SPEAKER: Mike Pence

  (Politico) – It’s the first such event the former vice president has held since leaving office in January.

• The 1 Thing That Could’ve Changed the War in Afghanistan

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Had Osama bin Laden been killed or captured in December 2001, justice would have been served in the way Americans like: fast, hard, and cheap.