Speakers in the News

The women who changed my life

Yes, when asked who changed my life, the answer is women -- strong, powerful, women. They have shaped me. They have challenged me. They have…

How to wean the world off monetary stimulus

After seven years of extraordinary governmental stimulus, the world needs a shift from exceptional monetary policies to private sector-­led growth.

How Obama Can Revive His Stalling Trade Pacts

(The Wall Street Journal) - Deals in Europe and the Pacific aren't dead, but the president must get to work.

Former Islamic radical Maajid Nawaz is fighting to end the scourge of identity politics

(News.com) - Sitting in a prison cell in Egypt, a young English-born Islamic radical, Maajid Nawaz, was able to think long and hard about his…

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.

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.

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…

InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Lady Carnarvon

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…

Bair speaks at rural summit

(The Star Democrat) - The keynote speaker was Sheila Bair, president of Washington College and former chairman of the FDIC.

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…