by John M. Curtis | Sep 30, 2015
Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 27, 62-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke softly but told the truth about the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its besieged President Bashar al-Assad. Putin left no doubt that he backs his old...
by John M. Curtis | Sep 19, 2015
Giving the GOP more reason to complain about a failed White House foreign policy, 70-year-old Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go, leaving the timetable open. With Russian President Vladimir Putin responding to...
by John M. Curtis | Sep 19, 2015
Expecting real estate mogul land former reality TV star Donald Trump to falter in the Sept. 16 CNN debate, the Republican establishment didn’t get what it wanted. While not reciting predigested talking points like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or former Hewlett-Packard...
by John M. Curtis | Sep 18, 2015
Ripping the nearly 99-year-old Planned Parenthood organization for performing abortions and selling fetal tissue, the GOP has made de-funding the women’s health clinics a key part of the 2016 campaign. Almost all GOP candidates boast of de-funding Planned Parenthood...
by John M. Curtis | Sep 17, 2015
Federal Reserve Board threw Wall Street for a loop, holding the Federal Funds Rate at zero-to-a-quarter percent, the same rate former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set Dec. 16, 2008. Beranke confronted an economic calamity in 2008 of epic proportions, not seen since the...