by John M. Curtis | Dec 3, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–NATO’s 57-year-old new Secretary-General Mark Rutte showed he’s more political than his 65-year-old predecessor Jens Stoltenberg, repeating Ukraine’s 46-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky’s talking point about continuing the Ukraine War. Rutte...
by John M. Curtis | Dec 3, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), 61, the lead House manager on Trump’s second impeachment trial, is slated to replace 77-year-old Rep. Jerold Nadler (D-N.Y.) as ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee. Raskin’s a loyal partisan Democrat, still...
by John M. Curtis | Dec 2, 2024
LOS ANGELS.–President Joe Biden, 82, pardoned his 54-year-old son Hunter who faced jail time for a weapons charge and income tax evasion, all legitimate charges but now discredited because Biden said Hunter was singled out because he was his son. Joe previously...
by John M. Curtis | Dec 2, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Seizing Syria’s second largest city last week, the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahir al-Sham [HTS] presents more problems for 59-year-old Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, showing the 15-year-old Syrian civil war continues to rage. Former President...
by John M. Curtis | Dec 1, 2024
LOS ANGELES.–Showing that former chess champion Gary Kasparov, 61, has no clue about American democracy, he warned about Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk, currently worth over $330 billion, becoming the first American oligarch, comparing the situation to what...