by John M. Curtis | Mar 22, 2016
Shaking hands with 84-year-old Cuban President Raul Castro at the Revolutionary Palace, 53-year-old President Barack Obama beat back his critics and opened trade relations with Cuba since the formal embargo was signed into law Oct. 19, 1960 by President Dwight D....
by John M. Curtis | Mar 20, 2016
Facing the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee [AIPAC], 69-year-old real estate tycoon and GOP front-runner Donald Trump walks a razor’s edge clarifying his position on Israel and a two-state solution with Palestinians. Trump raised eyebrows Feb. 17 telling...
by John M. Curtis | Mar 19, 2016
Detonating a suicide vest in the heart of Istanbul’s busy Sultanhmet shopping district, an unidentified terrorist struck one of the world’s busiest tourist spots. Generating 12% of Turkey’s $789 billion Gross Domestic Product, Turkey can ill-afford to hurt...
by John M. Curtis | Mar 18, 2016
Accusing 69-year old real estate mogul and GOP front-runner Donald Trump of a “sick obsession” with news anchor Megyn Kelly, Fox News President Roger Ailes is back to his old tricks. Since Trump was blindsided by Kelly in the first Fox News debate Aug. 6, 2015,...
by John M. Curtis | Mar 18, 2016
High hopes and unrealistic expectations mar the Geneva Syrian peace talks seeking to stop the five-year-old Saudi proxy war that’s killed 270,000, displacing millions more to neighboring countries and Europe. U.N. officials, led by 69-year-old Syrian peace envoy...