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...
by drjmcurtis | Jan 27, 2016
Bowing out the Jan. 28 Fox News Debate in Des Moines, Iowa, 69-year-old real estate mogul and former reality TV star Donald Trump put his foot down to 75-year-old Fox News President Roger Ailes, standing by Megyn Kelly. Kelly blindsided Trump in the Aug. 6, 2015 Fox...