by drjmcurtis | Oct 14, 2016
Fingering 70-year-old GOP nominee real estate mogul Donald Trump for threatening the First Amendment, the Committee to Protect Journalists called Trump’s critiques “unknown in modern history.” Denouncing Trump, Sandra Mims Rowe, chairwoman of CPJ’s board, ripped Trump...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 13, 2016
Leveling Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels’ radar sites off the Yemen coast in the Red Sea, President Barack Obama responded to missile attacks Sunday, Oct. 9 and Monday Oct. 10 on the Destroyer U.S.S. Mason. Backed by Iran, Houthis seized April 2, 2015 Yemen’s Port of...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 12, 2016
Pushing U.S.-Relations to Cold War lows, 55-year-old President Barack Obama weighed the U.S. response to alleged Russian hacking to government Websites. U.S.-Russian relations hit a Cold War low when the Pentagon and Kremlin were actively considering military...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 11, 2016
Stepping up in a do-or-die Oct. 9 debate at Washington University in St. Louis with 68-year-old Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, GOP nominee real estate tycoon Donald Trump said the “shackles” were off between now and the election. Trump tried to jump...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 10, 2016
Forecasting a recession in 2017, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s head of equity and quantitative strategy Savita Subramanian confirmed the U.S. economy remains fragile, despite the Federal Reserve Board’s record low interest rates since 2008. Former Pimco CEO and...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 9, 2016
Answering his GOP critics tonight in his second debate at Washington University in St. Louis, 70-year-old GOP nominee real estate mogul Donald Trump rebounded strongly from a lackluster first debate Oct. 26. Trump had his game face on for the entire ninety-minute...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 8, 2016
When President Barack Obama vetoed the Keystone XL oil pipeline Feb. 25, 2015, it signaled strong environmental opposition that sought to run oil shale from Hardisty, Canada over 1,500 miles to Port Arthur, Texas. Obama vetoed the bill over the objections of...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 7, 2016
Demonstrating complete ignorance of foreign policy Sept. 8, admitting he hadn’t heard of Aleppo, 64-year-old Libertarian candidate former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson admitted why he really ran for president. Since announcing he’d run as the Libertarian candidate...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 6, 2016
Debating Democratic VP pick Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., GOP VP pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence surprised foreign policy analysts saying that 70-year-old GOP nominee real estate mogul Donald Trump agreed with Democratic nominee...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 5, 2016
Pushing President Barack Obama to escalate U.S. military intervention in Syria, 80-year-old Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) called for the U.S. air force to shoot down Russian and Syrian jets. With U.N. officials railing about...