News August 21, 2019

News Stories

• Sean Spicer: Dems want uncertainty in the economy

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox Business) – Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on President Trump’s calls for a big Federal Reserve interest rate cut, the state of the economy and the mounting controversy over Israel.

• E-cigarette’s teen epidemic

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses what the government can do to lessen teen use but also make sure the product is available for adults who are trying to quit smoking.

• Predicting a recession? Might as well predict the weather

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Edward Lorenz, the pioneer of chaos theory, famously suggested that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil could set off a tornado in Texas. Even a tiny disturbance, he argued, can have huge effects in a complex system governed by nonlinear relationships.

• US must stand with people of Hong Kong fighting for freedom

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Over the past two months, the world has seen the people of Hong Kong bravely stand up to the growing threat of totalitarianism.

• Four Lessons From Israel’s Clash With Tlaib and Omar

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The best way for Israel to strengthen its hand is not by waging war to the utmost against its opponents, but by maximizing the number and range of its friends.

• We’re in a space race with China – We must win to protect our economic and national security

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – As the 2020 election campaign heats up, our trade conflict with China evolves, and we all become absorbed in other world events, it’s important that we do not lose track of a critical opportunity America has now to continue to lead the future of space travel.

• Former US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Joins InStride as Chair, Board of Directors

  SPEAKER: Ray Mabus

  (Business Wire) – Ray Mabus, the 75th Secretary of the United States Navy, who served from 2009-2017, will join InStride as Chair, Board of Directors announced Vivek Sharma, InStride’s CEO and founder.

• Under Augusta’s oak, a legend and a laugh

  SPEAKER: Dennis Walters

  (Morning Read) – It’s Wednesday at the Masters and a bona fide hall-of-famer sits on his scooter a foot or two from me, checking out the spectators swarming past. We’re under the old oak, in the shade. It’s the place to be.

• ‘I can’t walk, but when I got that call, I felt like I could fly’

  SPEAKER: Dennis Walters

  (Irish Examiner) – Forget Tiger Woods and his remarkable victory at the Masters in April. The greatest comeback in golf that I know of is Dennis Walters who went from promising young golfer one day to a paraplegic the next.

• The Shame and Disgrace Will Linger

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Today, President Donald Trump accused his predecessor Bill Clinton—or possibly his 2016 campaign opponent, the former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—of complicity in the death of the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

• DNA and your personalized health care — Why this fascinating area is promising and perilous

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Genetic testing has become a multi-billion dollar direct-to-consumer business. There are tests available now to discover who your ancestors were, reveal your food allergies, and even uncover inherited chronic diseases.

• Michael Pillsbury: China’s cheating has to stop

  SPEAKER: Michael Pillsbury

  (CNBC) – Michael Pillsbury, Trump China advisor, discusses the U.S.-China trade war and the President’s China strategy.

• Former ambassador to China Gary Locke on progress toward a trade deal

  SPEAKER: Gary Locke

  (CNBC) – Former U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke joins CNBC to discuss the escalating U.S.-China trade war and whether progress toward a deal is being made.

• The epidemic of gun violence is treatable

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – America is mourning, once again, the senseless loss of life from mass shootings. At least 31 people were killed over the weekend in Texas and Ohio. They were students, young parents, grandmothers and grandfathers. Their lives were cut short while they shopped for school supplies or enjoyed a night out.

• Congress should stay out of new bank rules on loan losses

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Financial Times) – Politicising accounting standards is a terrible idea that will come back to bite

• Discriminating against HIV-positive military members is unproductive for our military

  SPEAKER: Ray Mabus

  (The Washington Post) – Last month, I told a federal court of appeals it should affirm a preliminary injunction preventing the Air Force from discharging service members with HIV.

• Donald Trump’s crazy tariffs have outfoxed the Federal Reserve

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – The wily president has turned the tables on once-mighty central bankers

• The American Exception

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – There is one developed country—and only one—in which it is not only legal, but easy and convenient, to amass a private arsenal of mass slaughter. That country also happens to be the one—and the only one—regularly afflicted by mass slaughters perpetrated by aggrieved individuals.

• A former CIA officer tells remarkable tales about her 30 years in a secret world

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – As I have written before, the brave men and women who work in our intelligence community rarely get the praise they deserve – or the ability to share their stories.

• Michael Pillsbury: China sees Trump as a weak president

  SPEAKER: Michael Pillsbury

  (Fox Business) – Hudson Institute Chinese Strategy Director Michael Pillsbury discusses the Trump administration trade negotiations with China.

• Americans should learn more about Abraham Lincoln and his incredible life

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – With the single exception of George Washington, President Abraham Lincoln is likely the most important president in American history.

• The CBD craze is getting out of hand. The FDA needs to act.

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (The Washington Post) – Cannabidiol — better known as CBD — is everywhere, from small specialty shops to large national retail chains. It can be found in foods, supplements, drugs, oils, creams, pet foods and more, and sellers purport that the compound treats everything from cancer to depression.

• Boris Johnson has already made a huge imprint on British government and politics

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken charge with historic speed and decisiveness. Whether he can finish Brexit by Oct. 31 – and win a general election – remains to be seen.

• Boris, the Churchill of Brexit, has Corbyn on the ropes

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – PM’s road out of the EU is paved with rocks and hard places

• An open letter to officials who won’t meet with a woman alone

  SPEAKER: Jen Psaki

  (CNN) – Dear State Representative Robert Foster and former Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr., At a time when young people in your state of Mississippi are dealing with both the lowest earnings and the highest unemployment rate for their age group, when tens of thousands of people don’t have health insurance in part because of the refusal of current leadership to expand Medicaid, you have made your way into the headlines by boldly pledging not to meet alone with a woman other than your wife.

• Newt Gingrich: Robert Mueller didn’t write, understand the report

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) –  Newt Gingrich discusses the Mueller report, the upcoming departure of National Intelligence Director Dan Coats and the divisions within the Democratic Party.

• Sean Spicer on the fallout of the Mueller hearings

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox News) – Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer says Democrats need to keep the Mueller report alive in order to fire up their base.

• Improve, Don’t Repeal, ObamaCare’s Cadillac Tax

  SPEAKER: Brian Blase

  (Wall Street Journal) – It’s the law’s least popular provision, but its goal of discouraging lavish employer plans is worthy.

• The spirit of fascistic book burning has entered the American system

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – In his 1989 movie, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” Steven Spielberg has a remarkable scene of Nazi book burning. The looks of ecstasy as the actors-playing-Germans parade past Hitler and throw inappropriate books on the fire are compelling and convincing. These people are cleansing their society of past and future sins.

• Evaluating the Senate Finance Committee proposal to restructure Medicare Part D

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (AEI) – Senior citizens are facing increasing and often significant burdens from rising out-of-pocket costs on drugs that they need to improve their health while many observers worry about the long run stability of the Part D program.

• What If They’re Not Coming for the Jews This Time?

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – It’s becoming almost a daily occurrence: President Donald Trump denouncing anti-Semitism and expressing solidarity with the state of Israel.

• Trump focuses on winning new states, 2020 Democrats focus on attacking Trump

  SPEAKER: Matt Schlapp

  (Fox News) – American Conservative Union chair Matt Schlapp discusses the difference in rhetoric for the 2020 presidential race.

• Author Daniel Silva’s smart take on struggles that exist in the shadows cast by great powers

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – I was fortunate to speak with author Daniel Silva about Russia’s covert operations and his new spy novel, “The New Girl,” on this week’s episode of my “Newt’s World” podcast.

• Trump and Democrats align more closely on student debt than they think

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Yahoo Finance) – So it is with income share agreements, or ISAs — a new way to finance college, where students are only obliged to pay an affordable percentage of their income after they graduate, instead of a fixed-debt obligation. While the concept of ISAs seems to have support among Republicans and Democrats, its very name is prompting partisan sword-fighting.

• President Trump, don’t embrace left-wing ideas to get something done on drug prices

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – In this column, I want to sound a warning about how things could go wrong, particularly when it comes to the president’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices.

• Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair: I’m not sure why Powell locked himself into a cut

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (CNBC) – Sheila Bair, former FDIC chair, discusses Powell’s comments to congress, the economy and the markets.

• Newt Gingrich on Politics, Biotech, and Investing Advice

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (The Street) – Newt Gingrich, a former Speaker of the House, weighed in on the U.S.-China trade deal, President Trump’s social media presence, his focus on gene therapy and his advice for investors. 

• Extract from Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money: Populists reaped the rewards of the financial crisis — now they are set to trigger a new crash

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – The redundancies at Deutsche Bank show we’re still feeling the economic effects of 2008. In an extract from a new edition of his book The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson warns more turmoil is on the way

• Can Ilhan Omar Overcome Her Prejudice?

  SPEAKER: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  (Wall Street Journal) – I once opened a speech by confessing to a crowd of Jews that I used to hate them.

• How Photographer Cristina Mittermeier Kept Her Cool When Surrounded by Sharks

  SPEAKER: Cristina Mittermeier

  (Conde Nast Traveler) – Cristina Mittermeier didn’t set out to be an award-winning wildlife photographer. She’s a marine biologist by trade. But when an exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural History included some photos she had taken on her ex-husband’s camera—and credited him—she saw an opportunity.

• Trump Is Baiting Democrats

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The president is trying to divide the House caucus and force it to fight the election on his terms. So far, it’s working.

• Buzz Aldrin on the moon 50 years later

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Buzz Aldrin has been a close friend of mine for many years. He is an American icon and hero, who will forever be remembered as one of the few Americans who took the first small steps into the next era of humankind.

• Sheila Bair: Millennials are falling into the credit card debt trap

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (CNBC) – Former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair discusses her ‘Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow.’ op-ed on how credit card mismanagement is adding to millennials’ financial woes.

• Spicer thinks White House can prevail on census citizenship question

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox News) Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer discusses the census citizenship question.

• A Fine Time to Become an American

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (PragerU) – Renowned Oxford-trained historian Niall Ferguson recounts his recent experience of becoming an American citizen. His unique impressions are both moving and surprising — even to him.

• Trump Should Push Qatari Emir to End Unfair Subsidies

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Newsweek) – The US economy is a behemoth. With an estimated $21.06 trillion gross domestic product, no other country on the planet can match our overall economic strength—without cheating, anyway.

• Why the Fed should oversee Facebook’s Libra

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Yahoo Finance) – Facebook (FB) Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement of ambitious plans to launch a new, global cryptocurrency called Libra has been met with understandable alarm, particularly among regulators and consumer advocates.

• Trump’s Recessional

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The president’s speech existed only to provide a reason why he needed to stand in one place long enough for five waves of warplanes to cross the sky.

• Scott Gottlieb on joining Pfizer’s board, drug prices, and ‘Medicare for All’

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was recently elected to the board of Pfizer. He joins “Squawk Box” to discuss the news as well as his thoughts on drug prices and “Medicare for All.”

• Two women prevent a man from taking his own life

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – Jen Principe and Toni Musso, two women who convinced a man not to take his own life, say they were inspired by CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s story on suicide prevention.