by drjmcurtis | Feb 5, 2016
Pulling rank on 74-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a Feb. 4 MSNBC debate moderated by Chuck Todd and Rachel Madow in Durham, N.H., 68-year-old former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Bernie of “smearing” her by “insinuation” over her strong...
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...
by drjmcurtis | Jan 31, 2016
Seizing the momentum one day before the Iowa Caucuses, 69-year-old real estate mogul and former reality TV star Donald Trump got good news from the Des Moines Register poll showing him leading his closest rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) by five percent [28% to 23%]....
by drjmcurtis | Jan 30, 2016
Republicans hoping to discredit the presidential campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton due to her use of private emails compare apples-to-oranges when talking about the case of former CIA Director David Petraeus. Petraeus resigned from the CIA...
by drjmcurtis | Jan 29, 2016
Condemning Israel for settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the U.S. and European Union insist that building on a future Palestinian state remains counterproductive. Recent criticism of Israel ‘s use of deadly force to stop various civilian attacks...
by drjmcurtis | Jan 28, 2016
No longer fit for duty as Fox News Channel president, 75-year-old Roger Ailes’ provocative behavior toward 69-year-old GOP front-runner Donald Trump shows why it’s time for retirement. Fox Entertainment Chairman Rupert Murdoch can’t be happy with Ailes’ inexcusable...
by drjmcurtis | Jan 27, 2016
Telling reporters at his daily press briefing that President Barack Obama never ducked a debate, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest revealed why he’s joined the GOP to pile on real estate mogul and former reality TV star Donald Trump. Looking more likely he’ll...