by John M. Curtis | Jul 31, 2015
Threatening to raise interest rates since taking over Feb. 3, 2014, 68-year-old Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet Yellen faces stiff headwinds, despite the drop in the nation’s unemployment rate to 5.3%. Considered full employment and a harbinger of future...
by John M. Curtis | Jul 30, 2015
When Turkey and the U.S. joined forces July 27 to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria away from the Turkish border, hopes were high that the U.S. finally found a partner fight the world’s most dangerous terrorist group. Morphed from the murderous protoplasm of...
by John M. Curtis | Jul 29, 2015
Showing the abysmal state U.S. intelligence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Taliban’s fugitive 55-year-old spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has been confirmed dead for at least two years. With a $10 million price on his head from the U.S. State Department, Omar’s...
by John M. Curtis | Jul 28, 2015
Comparing President Barack Obama nuke deal with Iran to the Holocaust, 59-year-old former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee forgot he no longer worked for Fox News and was running as a GOP candidate for president. While Huckabee’s intent was to back Israeli Prime Minister...
by John M. Curtis | Jul 27, 2015
In a stunning rebuke of the White House policy on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS], Turkey asked the U.S.-founded North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] under Article 4 to convene an emergency session for only the fifth time in its 68-year history....