by drjmcurtis | Jul 13, 2015
Knock-down-drag-out marathon negotiating sessions July 11-12 on a third multibillion-euro bailout for Greece revealed deep splits within the common currency zone. Once viewed as irreversible, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 12, 2015
Biting the hand that feeds him, 40-year-old Greek Prime Minister picked the wrong time for his adolescent revolt, pitting himself against 60-year-old German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Rising quickly the helm of the Helenic Republic Jan. 26, Tsipras’ leftist Syriza...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 11, 2015
Announcing for president June 16, 69-nine-year-old real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump rocked the GOP landscape, ripping illegal Mexican immigrants for being murders and rapists. Once viewed as a “carnival barker,” Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric won...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 10, 2015
Burning effigies of Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards celebrated “Quds” [Jerusalem] Day, demonstrating the late Ayatollah’s Ruhollah Khomenei’s dream of destroying Israel and returning Palestinians to the Promised Land. Khomenei’s Shiite Muslim sect...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 9, 2015
Reneging on a verbal agreement with 56-year-old NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, 26-year-old free agent Deandre Jordan found himself caught in a media firestorm. When he shocked the Clippers July 3 agreeing verbally to a four-year $80 million max deal with the...