by drjmcurtis | Oct 4, 2015
Calling Russia’s stepped up military presence in Syria “asymmetric warfare,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond stated the obvious, making a big deal about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s commitment to rescue Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Washington and...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 3, 2015
Claiming to have an effective Syrian policy, President Barack Obama refused to accept reality of a failed policy that’s driven thousands of Syrians to flee the war zone for safer ground in Europe. Obama’s lack of a coherent policy, other than insisting Syrian...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 2, 2015
Killing 10, including himself, 26-year-old Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer etched himself into the sordid annals of youthful mass killers, too often sharing queer personality traits of social isolation and mental problems. Harper-Mercer distinguished himself asking...
by drjmcurtis | Oct 1, 2015
Lecturing GOP front-runner 69-year-old real estate mogul Donald Trump on immigration, former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell urged the Republican Party to reject Trump’s plan to deport millions of illegal immigrants. Trump’s immigration stand won over the GOP’s...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 30, 2015
Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 27, 62-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke softly but told the truth about the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and its besieged President Bashar al-Assad. Putin left no doubt that he backs his old...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 19, 2015
Giving the GOP more reason to complain about a failed White House foreign policy, 70-year-old Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go, leaving the timetable open. With Russian President Vladimir Putin responding to...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 19, 2015
Expecting real estate mogul land former reality TV star Donald Trump to falter in the Sept. 16 CNN debate, the Republican establishment didn’t get what it wanted. While not reciting predigested talking points like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or former Hewlett-Packard...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 18, 2015
Ripping the nearly 99-year-old Planned Parenthood organization for performing abortions and selling fetal tissue, the GOP has made de-funding the women’s health clinics a key part of the 2016 campaign. Almost all GOP candidates boast of de-funding Planned Parenthood...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 17, 2015
Federal Reserve Board threw Wall Street for a loop, holding the Federal Funds Rate at zero-to-a-quarter percent, the same rate former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set Dec. 16, 2008. Beranke confronted an economic calamity in 2008 of epic proportions, not seen since the...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 16, 2015
When the top-tier GOP candidates meet in Simi Valley, Calif. at the Reagan Library tonight in the first CNN-sponsored debate, it’s doubtful CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt will raise contradictory parts of U.S. foreign...