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CNBC-Asia interviews Belkind on Charlie Hebdo, freedom of the press
Former Club President Myron Belkind gave a live interview to CNBC-Asia Wednesday, Jan. 14 on the Charlie Hebdo developments, the dangers facing journalists and the importance of freedom of the press. Here is a link to the interview.
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NPC doing well as gavel passes to Hughes
Elected leaders of the National Press Club cited new initiatives, improving finances and stabilized membership as major accomplishments in 2014 as Myron Belkind passed the presidential gavel to John Hughes at the club's annual general membership meeting on Friday, Jan. 16. Hughes, who will be inaugurated as the 108th president of the Club on Saturday, Jan. 24, told members he is fortunate to become president when the Club is strong and "in a position to have a great year." Among his goals will be to continue building the Club's cash reserves, boosting membership and expanding on freedom on…
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NEH chair launches initiative to make out-of-print outstanding books into free e-books
The tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), William “Bro” Adams, announced a collaboration with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation called the “One Book Project,” which aims to give “second life to outstanding out-of-print books in the humanities by making them freely accessible to the public as e-books” at a National Press Club luncheon on Jan. 15. He said this partnership is the “first collaboration of this kind with the Andrew Mellon Foundation.” Adams also announced a Common Good initiative that denotes “both the right and obligation of citizens to debate the…
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Anti-abortion leader predicts congressional passage, presidential veto of restricting bill
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, said at a National Press Club Newsmaker Jan. 15 that the House would pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection bill on Jan. 20, the day of the March for Life in Washington. Dannenfelser said the Senate, now in control of the Republicans, would quickly follow suit. But she acknowledged that a likely veto by President Obama "would be a high bar for us to reach ... a big one, perhaps insurmountable." Dannenfelser said late-term fetuses can feel pain and barring abortions after 20 weeks would save the lives of 18,000…
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Shields calls "The Partisan Divide" the book to read
Mark Shields; political commentator and moderator of a panel on the book, "The Partisan Divide," by Martin Frost, Tom Davis and Richard Cohen; told a Jan. 13 National Press Club audience that “if you are going to read one book this year … this is the one” you should pick up. Democrat Frost represented the Dallas-Fort Worth district of Texas in the House from 1979 to 2005 and Republican David represented a Northern Virginia district from 1995 to 2008. Cohen was a longtime Washington congressional correspondent and columnist. David Eisenhower, author and grandson of former President Dwight…
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HUD Secretary dodges question on VP run, touts wiser approach to home ownership
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro insisted on Jan. 13 that he just wants to do the best he can in a role he’s held for nearly six months, after being asked at a National Press Club Newsmaker if he would consider a vice presidential run alongside Hillary Clinton in 2016. “I’m trying to do a great job at HUD,” he said, but added that Clinton “will do enormous good” should she become the next U.S. president. Speculation has surrounded Castro since the summer, when The Washington Post reported that Clinton was fond of, and cultivating ties with, the 40-year-old Texan…
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Top volunteers take lead in making Club global, promoting press freedom
Two National Press Club members received the organization’s top volunteer award on Jan. 12 for their efforts to keep the Club at the forefront of press freedom and to make it a center of global culture. John Donnelly, chair of the Club’s Freedom of the Press Committee, won one of the Berny Krug Awards for directing the group in fulfilling one of the Club’s most important missions – upholding the rights of reporters to do their jobs wherever the story leads. Jan Du Plain also won a Krug for planning and executing programs that have given the Club an international flavor. Last year, she chaired…
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Author Coulter chastises Republicans for taking advice from The New York Times
Ann Coulter, interviewed about her new book, "Adios, America," at a June 17 Book Rap, chastised Republicans for listening to The New York Times' opinions on their election strategy. Republicans listen to what the Times tells them they need to do to win an election, she said. So she believes they follow the paper on issues like abortion, guns, ERA and lose elections. She said, “Unless you are being called racist by The New York Times, Republicans, you are losing.” The stupidity is chasing the Hispanic vote, “which they can’t win”. “American business is like sharks, they have a big appetite…
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Archbishops term papal encyclical on environment moral guidance, not policy
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., told a June 17 Newsmaker audience that Pope Francis' newly released encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, is not a set of "policy proposals." Francis has urged people to “start a conversation” on the issue of environmental stewardship with a view toward protecting the earth and leaving a good legacy for the upcoming generation, Wuerl said. This call for “good faith argument” has generated reactions from both within and outside the faith community, said Wuerl. Even though the encyclical is an “urgent challenge to protect our common…
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Experts clash on value of streetcars
Are Streetcars Good for America? Marc Scribner, Research Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said "No," at an NPC Newsmaker event on June 16. Dan Tangherlini, former Administrator, General Services Administration and Director of Transportation for the District of Columbia, said "Yes." Currently 12 metropolitan areas have streetcar projects under construction; eight cities have authorized streetcar projects, while nine are in the advanced planning phase according to the Center for Public Transportation. Scribner argued that streetcars are unable to move as many riders as light-…
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