by John M. Curtis | Jan 6, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, 70, told 69-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that to end the Ukraine War Kiev must accept certain territories in Ukraine lost in the 11-month-old war. Shortly after the Feb. 24 invasion, Putin told Ukraine’s 44-year-old...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 5, 2023
Former House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), 57, went down by some 18 votes to another failed round to voting for House Speaker. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 82, slammed Republicans as disgracing the institution but, more importantly,...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 4, 2023
President Joe Biden, 80, joined 80-year-old Senate Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to show how bipartisanship works in Washington, celebrating Biden’s historic Nov. 15, 2021 $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Whatever Biden accomplishes over the next two years, his bipartisan...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 4, 2023
Former House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), 57, lost another three rounds of voting today for House Speaker, with three more Republican defecting from McCarthty. Conservative House Republicans went over the deep end seeking first-term, 44-year-old Byron...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 3, 2023
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif), House Minority leader since 2018, has been rejected twice today by conservative Republicans, falling some 15 votes short in his bid to replace 82-year-old former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Republicans were handed a real gift...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 3, 2023
Monday Night Football provided more than the expected drama with Buffalo Bills’ tackle 24-year-old Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf unresponsive after what looked like a routine play on Bengal’s wide receive Tee Higgins. Damar’s lifeless body was administered...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 2, 2023
Complaining during the 11-month conflict that Russia committed war crimes on Ukrainian civilians and troops, Kiev’s leaders celebrated a strike on a Russian barracks and ammo depot in Donetsk, killing at least 70, injuring a hundred more. Hit with rockets from U.S....
by John M. Curtis | Jan 2, 2023
Newly elected Rep. 34-year-old, Brazilian-born George Santos (R-N.Y.) shocked voters and the press when they found out he misrepresented large parts of his resume en route to one on the most unlikely feats seen recently in U.S. politics. Republicans were desperate to...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 1, 2023
Former President Donald Trump, 76, knew how to get press attention back in 2016 when he ran for president and for his four years in office. Today, the press has little interest in covering events at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach estate. Trump asked recently for a...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 1, 2023
Giving his New Year’s greeting, 44-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his people that he wished for “victory” in 2023, a new cliché while he watched Russian air strikes decimate Ukraine’s electrical grid. So, for Zelensky, and his benefactor...