Speakers in the News

Jazz Meets Rock in an Intoxicating Potion

(The Wall Street Journal) - Fifty years ago this month, Columbia Records issued Miles Davis’s churning 'Bitches Brew,' confronting two genres of music and crystallizing a…

Fauci and Birx worked together at the dawn of the AIDS crisis. Thirty-seven years later, they are partners in fighting the coronavirus.

(Washington Post) – 37 years after they first worked together, the longtime allies often stand at the White House with President Trump to brief the…

In South Korea, How US General Contained COVID-19

“Go hard, go early.” That’s the advice from Gen. Robert Abrams, the top U.S. general in South Korea, on how to combat the coronavirus. “It’ll…

Second Lady Karen Pence taking lead role in suicide-prevention initiative during coronavirus outbreak

(USA Today) – Second Lady Karen Pence is promoting a suicide-prevention initiative recently created by the Trump administration to help veterans but also being used…

Nation unites against coronavirus – here’s how ‘all of America’ is joining the fight

(Fox News) - Watching President Donald Trump in the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing go through company after company and government project after government…

Fortune’s Wheel and the Destiny of Canada’s First Bank

(LinkedIn) – One thing is for certain: a company’s experience deserves a seat at the decision-maker’s table.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on coronavirus’ impact on U.S. military

(CBS) – Nearly 700 active duty military members have tested positive for coronavirus and the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is experiencing an outbreak. Defense Secretary Mark…

The False Promise of the Surveillance State

(The American Interest) – Advanced surveillance tech will prove a false hope for politicians worldwide—as it already has for China’s authoritarian leaders.

Donald Trump, the risk-taker, is gambling with lives

(The Globe and Mail) - We who only bet occasionally on a horse race are fascinated by true gamblers: those who frequent not only casinos…

Soviets seriously considered nuclear attack on US in 1960s – And now it’s basis of my novel

(Fox News) - This Soviet plot was one of the inspirations for my new novel, “Shakedown,” which I wrote with Pete Earley. The book, which…

The Fed is making the right moves to help America’s small businesses

(CNN) - My grandmother was fond of saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That certainly fits the bailouts of 2008…

The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization

(The Atlantic) - We are experiencing a painful introduction to anti-globalism and its consequences.