by drjmcurtis | Feb 4, 2016
Since shooting down a Russian SU-24 fighter jet Nov. 24, 2015 for briefly entering Turkish air space, Russian President Vladimir Putin put Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on notice that any more aggression would result in a Russian military response. Erdogan...
by drjmcurtis | Feb 3, 2016
Accounting for the 9% difference in the Des Moines Register pre-election poll, showing real estate mogul Donald Trump up by 5% but losing to Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) by 4%, Trump cried foul. With political pundits predicting a large turnout would favor Trump, Monday’s...
by drjmcurtis | Feb 2, 2016
Finishing second in the Iowa Caucuses with 44%, a gracious 69-year-old real estate mogul Donald Trump parked his ego at the door and congratulated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his first place finish with 48%. Trump learned a valuable but useless lesson about Iowa’s...
by drjmcurtis | Feb 1, 2016
Hoping to get a Mideast peace deal with sraelis and Palestinians before termed-out Dec. 31, 2016, U.N. Secretary Gen. Ban Ki-moom criticized Israeli settlement- building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Writing in the New York Times under the title “Don’t shoot...