Newt Gingrich to speak at W&L mock convention
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will speak next month at Washington and Lee University as part of the school’s mock political convention.
Thought Leader: Newt Gingrich
FDA Needs To Change How It Regulates Novel Technologies
(Forbes) - I spoke before a meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Berkeley, Calif., this week, addressing the need for the…
The types of worker protections Clinton should endorse
(The Orange County Register) - If her words are any indication, Hillary Clinton is serious about employee rights.
Thought Leader: Newt Gingrich
A President Looks at New Ways to Help Financially Needy Applicants
(The Chronicle of Higher Education) - Now the former chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has set her sights on another area of the…
Thought Leader: Sheila Bair
Stop Treating Small Banks as If They Caused the Crisis: Bair
"Round up the usual suspects." That famous line from "Casablanca" neatly sums up the regulatory attitude toward the banking industry in the aftermath of the…
Thought Leader: Sheila Bair
(The Star Democrat) - The keynote speaker was Sheila Bair, president of Washington College and former chairman of the FDIC.
Thought Leader: Sheila Bair
Carly Fiorina: We Must Tackle the Addiction Crisis
We need to reform the criminal justice system and make sure we’re putting the right people in prison. The federal prison population has nearly doubled…
Thought Leader: Carly Fiorina
Top Risk for 2016: US-Europe Relations, Eurasia’s Bremmer Says
(Bloomberg Business) - Relations between the United States and Europe are at their weakest in decades and are the top risk for global investors in…
Thought Leader: Ian Bremmer
Alex Honnold Isn’t Fearless—He Just Accepts Death
(National Geographic) – “I have the same hope of survival as everybody else. I just have more of an acceptance that I will die at some…
Thought Leader: Alex Honnold
In our opinion: Apple created a radical redefinition of the world economy
The industrial economy was forever transformed into an information economy, where wealth could be generated not just by what people owned but by what they…
Thought Leader: Steve Wozniak
Why India’s Tortoise May Beat China’s Hare
(Forbes) - Market sentiment is forever fickle about economic races between countries, especially where emerging markets are concerned. Today, intense attention is focused on India’s…
Thought Leader: Harry Broadman