by drjmcurtis | Jul 19, 2016
Trying to stay relevant during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Democratic presumptive nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ripped the GOP speaking to the National Association of Colored People’s annual convention in Cincinnati. “We...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 18, 2016
Beating back the last-ditch efforts to sabotage 70-year-old real estate tycoon Donald Trump, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus delivered the final blow to the Stop Trump movement. Denied a vote by the Convention chair to get a roll call vote on...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 17, 2016
When Baton Rouge repeat-criminal Alton Sterling was killed by a white police officer July 5 and then followed by the death of Philando Castile July 6, President Barack Obama had some harsh words for the nation’s law enforcement community. “As a nation we can and must...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 16, 2016
When disgruntled low-level elements within Turkey’s military decided to stage a coup July 15 against 62-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it was doomed to fail without capturing the Islamist Turkish leader. Watching Erdogan purge the military of secular...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 16, 2016
Beating a high-power Republican field handily, with the last two, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, going kerplunk May 3 after 70-year-old real estate mogul Donald Trump won the Indiana primary, you’d think the GOP would ride the Trump-train to the...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 14, 2016
Killing at least 80 with an explosives-laden truck on BastilLe Day today in Nice, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] hit another soft target, striking revelers watching a Bastille Day firework show. After striking Paris Nov. 13, 2015 killing 137, injuring 358,...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 14, 2016
Bending to overwhelming conservative pressure before the July 18 Republican National Convention, 70-year-old GOP presumptive nominee real estate tycoon Donald Trump put an end to the Stop Trump movement picking 57-year-old religious conservative Indiana Gov. Mike...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 13, 2016
Speculation over GOP presumptive nominee real estate mogul Donald Trump’s veepstakes hit a fever’s pitch today, with three vetted finalists left but only one that realistically fits the bill. Stuck in Indianapolis because of his Boeing 757 mechanical problems, Trump...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 12, 2016
Reacting to a July 8 NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland, 85-year-old former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev blasted the U.S.-backed security organization for gearing up for “offensive operations.” Serving as the last Secretary General of the Soviet Union March 15, 1985 to...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 11, 2016
When 25-year-old former Army Reserve Micah Johnson slaughtered five Dallas police officers June 7, it looked like he was sympathetic to Black Lives Matter, and other recent officer-involved shootings in Baton Rouge, La. and St. Paul, Mn. Johnson hid behind peaceful...