News October 23, 2019

News Stories

• Tomi Lahren Speaks at UNLV

  SPEAKER: Tomi Lahren

  (Las Vegas Review-Journal) – Fox News contributor and UNLV alumna Tomi Lahren returned to campus for a speech, titled “Stay Triggered.”

• CA Democrats ignoring homeless ‘epidemic’ in favor of Trump impeachment

  SPEAKER: Tomi Lahren

  (Fox News) – Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren discusses California Democrats completely ignoring the homeless crisis across their state in favor of the Trump impeachment inquiry.

• Newt Gingrich on impeachment, the threat from China, and his new book

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (CBS News) – As trade tensions continue with China, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warns Beijing may be the biggest threat the U.S. is facing. 

• The U.S. Is Abandoning Its Interests in Brexit

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – America has a great deal at stake in the negotiations, but has gone entirely AWOL.

• Mark Zuckerberg is right about free speech and the Web

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – An unusual thing happened last week. Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, gave a speech with which I mostly agreed.

• The Window for Brexit May Already Have Closed

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The British people have changed their mind about Brexit. Beginning in the summer of 2017, and accelerating in the summer of 2018 by an ever wider margin, British people have told pollsters that they voted wrong in the Brexit referendum of June 2016.

• Why banks shouldn’t blame the ‘repo rupture’ on regulation

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (Yahoo Finance) – Bank lobbyists, like magicians, are skilled at the art of legerdemain.

• US must wake up and see China for what it really is – Before it’s too late

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – For many decades, Americans thought communist-ruled China would evolve into a free and open system similar to our own. We were completely wrong.

• Critically ill monk seal gets CT scan at North Hawaii Community Hospital

  SPEAKER: Claire Simeone

  (Star Advertiser) – A critically ill Hawaiian monk seal has been rescued from Kauai for the second time and is now under the care of a monk seal hospital in Kailua-Kona.

• First TED Veterinarian Celebrated for Advancing ‘Zoognosis’

  SPEAKER: Claire Simeone

  (American Veterinarian) – Becoming a TED fellow was a goal Claire Simeone, DVM, had been working toward for a long time. But actually learning that she had been selected into the 2018 class was surreal. “It was amazing,” she recalled. “It was like a dream come true.”

• Johnson Promised Brexit—But May Deliver Engxit

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The English nationalism that powers Brexit is repelling the rest of the United Kingdom.

• Brexit Will Never Be Over

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The British system of government as we know it has collapsed.

• ‘Stay ready’: Inside DeMaurice Smith, NFLPA’s meeting with Chiefs players on CBA discussions

  SPEAKER: DeMaurice Smith

  (USA Today) – The current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL’s owners and players union will expire in a season-and-a-half. There’s a strong belief among many within players and owners’ circles that the best bet to avoid a work stoppage is to reach an agreement within the next few months.

• If Elizabeth Warren surges, and economy stutters, she could win the presidency

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Is it conceivable that, in just over a year’s time, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts could defeat Donald Trump to become America’s first woman president? Yes. Here’s why.

• China is swindling US investors out of millions of dollars with an incredible con game

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – China’s aggressive response to the National Basketball Association after one of its members expressed support of democracy in Hong Kong is yet another reminder that the Chinese Communist Party is a totalitarian dictatorship that wants to lessen freedom and bolster its own influence across the globe.

• Why Scott Gottlieb is calling on the federal government to regulate marijuana

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – With news that the recent rise in lung illnesses has been linked to tainted marijuana liquid, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s asking the federal government to step in. In his most recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Dr. Gottlieb says it’s time to challenge state pot laws which he says promotes risky use of the controversial drug. 

• Michael Pillsbury: China is more relieved than happy on US-China trade deal

  SPEAKER: Michael Pillsbury

  (CNBC) – Michael Pillsbury, Hudson Institute,  discusses the state of U.S.-China trade and where talks could be headed.

• Bernie Sanders explains what hinted at heart attack

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders sits down with CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta to talk about his recovery and health after suffering from a heart attack.

• Pot Legalization Makes Vaping Deadly

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Wall Street Journal) – Doctors have linked a tragic wave of lung injuries and deaths to the vaping of tainted marijuana concentrates. The episode reveals the dangers created by the federal government’s decadelong refusal to challenge state laws legalizing pot and promoting risky uses of its derivatives.

• CNBC’s full interview with former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (CNBC) – Full interview with Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and chairman of Carly Fiorina Enterprises, and her take on U.S.-China trade tensions, Hong Kong protests, corporate governance and more.

• China’s three-body problem

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Two weeks ago, I bet the Chinese economist Justin Yifu Lin 20,000 yuan that China’s economy — defined as gross domestic product in current US dollars—will never overtake that of the United States. Most informed people would expect me to lose that bet.

• Even I get overwhelmed by politics – here’s what I do when I need a break

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Most any person who keeps up with American politics today – and wants to keep his or her sanity – must, from time to time, step away from the news-social media idea storm and engage a diversion.

• Mike Pence Failed in His Most Important Duty

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The vice president is supposed to be prepared to step into the nation’s highest office if necessary.

• European Millennials Are Not Like Their American Counterparts

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Atlantic) – Under-30s in Europe are more disposed than their parents are to view poverty as a result of an individual’s choice.

• We are in an age of Wisdom, but also an age of foolishness

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – When [Dr. Gupta] released “Weed” in 2013, few people had ever heard of cannabidiol, or CBD. Now, two-thirds of Americans are familiar with the compound, and 1 in 7 have tried it. Most of the country, 93%, are in favor of medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD itself, which has less than 0.3% THC, has been legalized in every state.

• Bill Clinton Had a Strategy. Trump is Doing the Opposite.

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic ) – During the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton focused on doing his job. Trump isn’t even pretending.

• Could this be Trump’s Chernobyl?

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – The key point “Chernobyl” makes is that the chronic inefficiency, corruption and untruthfulness of Soviet life guaranteed that one day a catastrophe like the explosion of the Chernobyl reactor would happen — and that the first impulse of the country’s communist rulers would be to try to cover it up.

• A Realist’s Guide to Impeachment

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – An impeachment of President Donald Trump is both deserved and dangerous. That it’s deserved is clear from each day’s news reports. The danger is getting lost in the rush of events.

• Taking Action in Hong Kong is in America’s Moral and Economic Interest

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Newsweek) – As the Hong Kong protests continue and the calls for freedom for the people of Hong Kong become more widespread, the United States now has an opportunity to take action.

• Greta Thunberg’s unforgettable message

  SPEAKER: Jen Psaki

  (CNN) – Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist, just reminded us all what exactly is at stake with the crisis of climate change.

• Collaboration is Key to fix King County’s homelessness Crisis

  SPEAKER: Gary Locke

  (Seattle Times) – More than 11,000 people are experiencing homelessness in King County and Seattle. That is a big problem — but communities around the country have implemented effective policies and solutions, and so can we.

• We’ve Reached the Breaking Point

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The Ukraine scandal confirms that Trump knows he can act with impunity—and no one will stop him.

• Science Fiction Has Become Utopian Fact

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – So which dystopia are we living in? Orwell and Huxley were not the first to fear an age of mass surveillance.

• The Ascent of Digital Money

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – China’s online payment platforms are the real threat to US hegemony.

• Many Secrets, No Mysteries

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – A whistleblower complaint raises the possibility that President Trump has betrayed the duties of his office.

• California rail project’s future in question

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (Fox Business) – The high-speed rail in California is a disastrous project that, once again, made headlines. The Los Angeles Times broke the story that top California Democratic legislators agreed to divert billions in remaining bullet-train funds to the Los Angeles region and the San Francisco Bay Area rail systems.

• Michael Pillsbury predicts China trade deal will be ‘monumental’

  SPEAKER: Michael Pillsbury

  (Fox Business) – Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Pillsbury explains how the Hong Kong protests could impact a trade deal between the U.S. and China. 

• Carly Fiorina on Trump: ‘I don’t think he has been a business leader, actually. I think he’s been a very fine entertainer and manager of his brand.’

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (The Washington Post) – After Carly Fiorina, 65, ended her GOP presidential primary run in 2016, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard dedicated herself to leadership training. Despite a recent microburst of media speculation that she might launch a primary challenge to President Trump, she has “no plans” to run, according to a source close to her.

• Seven Questions That Need Answers Before Any Attack on Iran

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – President Trump’s threats of retaliation for strikes on Saudi oil facilities seem premature.

• America is broken – but my daughter can tell you how to fix it

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – As the 2020 election nears, we are going to hear more and more about all the divides in America. The national media are going to latch onto and amplify all the ways in which Americans disagree with one another.

• How the memories of Sept. 11 bolster resolve

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (The Washington Times) – On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was filling the kids’ bowls full of cereal before sending them off to school. Tonette called me from work and told me to turn on the television in the living room. I did.

• Bair Gives To Washington Scholars

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (The Elm) – This past summer, former Washington College President Sheila Bair donated $20,000 to the Washington Scholars program.

• Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Kids find cartridge-based vapes most accessible, appealing

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a member on Pfizer’s board and former FDA commissioner, discusses the White House announcing a possible ban on e-cigarettes. 

• Newt Gingrich reacts to Trump’s explosive North Carolina rally

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Newt Gingrich reacts to President Trump’s rally in North Carolina, Trump’s 2020 chances.

• A Nobel Prize in Honor of Economic Growth

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (Bloomberg) – This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics went to William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, both very deserving and indeed anticipated picks. Nordhaus is best known for his models of the cost of climate change, and Romer for his work on the dynamics of ideas and economic growth.

• Economist Romer’s Tech Industry Proposal: Taxation Over Regulation

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (Bloomberg) – Paul Romer, NYU Stern Professor of Economics and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, discusses his proposal to tax digital advertising revenue of technology companies in lieu of regulation.

• Nobel Laureate Romer on the Economics of Higher Wealth Taxes

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (Bloomberg) – NYU Stern School Professor of Economics Paul Romer, recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, discusses the economic impact of proposals to increase taxes on the wealthy in the United States.

• Nobel Laureate Romer Sees Effects of Uncertainty Dampening Investment

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (Bloomberg) – NYU Stern Professor of Economics and 2018 Nobel Laureate in Economics Paul Romer discusses the impact of uncertainty from trade, tariffs, and politics on markets and investing.

• TIME’S 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICANS

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (TIME) – How do you weigh the economic benefit of the thoughts in Bill Gates’ head? The sand on a beach can be measured, but how do you calibrate the value of the idea that turned those silica grains into silicon microchips? Though they sound like questions from a Mensa parlor game, they’re actually from the work of economist Paul Romer, and his answers may just revolutionize the study of economics.

• Q&A: Paul Romer on ‘Mathiness’ and the State of Economics

  SPEAKER: Paul Romer

  (The Wall Street Journal) – A Democratic U.S. presidential candidate has pledged to grow the economy by spending hundreds of billions of dollars on college education and eliminating tax deductions for the wealthy. A Republican promises to bring the growth rate to 4% a year by cutting taxes and reducing government regulations. How do we know what might work?