by John M. Curtis | Jun 26, 2015
Handing another blow to the conservative cause, a divided Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 for posterity to permit same-sex marriage. What’s lost in the endless battle of dissenting opinions is that the case was never about religious, historical or traditional definitions...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 25, 2015
Ruling 6 to 3 the U.S. Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, government subsidies for the Affordable Care Act continue, protecting over 6 million subscribers receiving untold millions in government help. Conservatives thought they had the legal ace-in-the-hole against a...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 24, 2015
Insisting publicly that Russia doesn’t supply arms or weapons to Alexandr Zakharchenko’s pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukaine, Russian President Vladimir Putin exposed himself as a master propagandist. When Malaysian Flight 17 was downed by a Russian...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 23, 2015
Ignoring Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning about deploying military hardware near Russia’s western border, 60-year-old U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter answered pleas of Poland the Baltic States to have military reinforcements. Fearful that Putin could do...
by John M. Curtis | Jun 22, 2015
Since the Eurozone launched Jan. 1, 1999, it didn’t take long for the honeymoon to wear off in Greece, where transitioning from the affordable drachma to the pricey euro seemed OK at first but headed south quickly. With Greece’s socialized government, its $2.07...