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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He's editor of OnlineColumnist.com, columnist for Examiner.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma. Dr. Curtis is considered the nation's leading authority on SPIN in the news. His nonpartisan commentaries appear in domestic and foreign newspapers.
Congress Points Fingers in Benghazi Attack December 31, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Heads Into New Year's Eve December 30, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Gets a Bridge December 29, 2012
Stocks Too Risky for Average Investors December 28. 2012
Last Ditch Talks on Fiscal Cliff in Gear December 27, 2012
Iran Stirs the Pot in the Persian Gulf December 26, 2012
Gun Advocates Rip CNN's Piers Morgan December 24, 2012
GOP Mutiny Upends Boehner's Bid to Compromise December 23, 2012
NRA's Budget Busting Gun Violence Plan December 21, 2012
Heads Roll at the State Department December 20, 2012
AIPAC Picks Wrong Battle with Hagel December 19, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Game of Chicken Nears End December 18, 2012
Gun Violence Only Half the Problem December 17, 2012
Obama Must Pick the Right Treasury Secretary December 16, 2012
Hagel Top Contender for Defense Secretary December 15, 2012
Massacre in the Connecticut Classroom December 14, 2012
Rice Gives Up on Secretary of State December 13, 2012
Bernanke Says "Fiscal Cliff" Hurts the Economy December 12, 2012
Obama Frustrates Boehner on "Fiscal Cliff" December 11,2012
Iran Bluffs About U.S. Surveillance Drong December 10, 2012
Obama Stands Firm on "Fiscal Cliff" December 8, 2012
Egypt's Morsi on Thin Ice December 7, 2012
Feds Must Put Up or Shut on Marijuana December 6, 2012
Obama Calls GOP's "Fiscal Cliff" Bluff December 5, 2012
Obama Puts Syria on Notice Over WMD December 4, 2012
Boehner Acts Clueless on "Fiscal Cliff" December 3, 2012
Any Easy Fix to the "Fiscal Cliff" December 2, 2012
U.N. Grants Palestine Provisional Statehood December 1, 2012
Boehner and GOP Nullify Nov. 6 Election November 30, 2012
Boehner Loses Control of the House November 29, 2012
Rice Makes No Sense to Senators on Benghazi November 28, 2012
GOP Continues Its Post-Election Campaign November 27, 2012
Grover Norquist Fights for Survival November 26, 2012
Revolution Returns to Egyptian Street November 25, 2012
Rice's Chance for Secretary of State Fades November 24, 2012
McCain and Graham's Post-Election Funk November 23, 2012
Union Busting Kills Hostess Brands, Inc. November 22, 2012
Egypt Brokers Peace Deal with Hamas November 21, 2012
Hamas Ceasefire Raises Eyeborws November 20, 2012
Hamas Makes Demands for Israeli Ceasefire November 19, 2012
Wall Street Hedge Fund Tries to Kill the Twinkie November 18, 2012
Republicans Soul Search After the Election November 17, 2012
Hamas Takes Aim at Jerusalem November 16, 2012
McCain Throws Tantrum After the Election November 15, 2012
Israel Kills Hamas Militant Leader in Gaza November 14, 2012
Petraeus Plays Footsie at the CIA November 13, 2012
Gingrich "Dumbfounded" by Romney Loss November 12, 2012
Obama's Post-Election Mandate November 11, 2012
CIA Director David Petraeus Falls from Grace November 10, 2012
Lakers Fire Head Coach Mike Brown November 9, 2012
Obama and GOP Ready to Deal with "Fiscal Cliff" November 8. 2012
GOP's Ground Zero November 7, 2012
Murdoch's Fingerprints on New York Post November 6, 2012
Ryan Rips Obama's "Judeo-Christian Values" November 5, 2012
Romney Desperate for Votes Before Tuesday November 4, 2012
Mitt's National Movement Fizzles November 3, 2012
Romney's Closing Sale November 2, 2012
Storm Clouds Gather Over Romney Campaign November 1, 2012
Eurozone Unemployment Soars with Debt Crisis October 31,2012
Issrael's Netanyahu On a Different Planet October 30, 2012
Germany Asks U.K. to Play Bigger Role in EU October 29, 2012
Al-Assad Continues Blitzkrieg Against Rebels October 28, 2012
Al-Qaeda's Zawahri Agrees with Romney on Syria October 27, 2012
Romney Makes Last Ditch Economic Plea October 26, 2012
Obama Comes Out Swinging in New York Debate October 18, 2012
Hillary Takes Hit for Obama on Libya October 16, 2012
Obama's Keys to Next Debate October 15, 2012
Romney Hammers Obama on China October 14, 2012
Turkey Intercepts Syrian Jetliner October 12, 2012
Romney Exploits Syian War Dead for Political Gain October 11, 2012
Taliban's Unthinkable Atrocities October 10, 2012
California Gas Prices Hit Record Highs October 9, 2012
SpaceX Eclipses NASA in U.S. Space Travel October 8, 2012
Obama Swallows Bitter Pill Losing Debate October 7, 2012
Unemployment Report Throws Romney for a Loop October 6, 2012
Obama's Rope-a-Dope October 5, 2012
Voters Don't Blame Obama for Bad Economy Octobers 4, 2012
Romney v. Obama Debate I October 3, 2012
Perot Reappears Bashing Obama and Romney October 2, 2012
Afghanistan's Death Trap October 1, 2012
Biden Delivers Naked Truth About Deficits Sept. 30, 2012
Collision Course for China and Japan Sept. 29, 2012
Iran's Ahmadinejad Call for New World Order Sept. 28, 2012
Lagging Behind, Romney & Ryan Lash Out Sept. 27, 2012
Iran's Ahmadinejad Calls for New World Order Sept. 26, 2012
Dinesh D'Souza's Blockbuster Rubbish Sept. 25, 2012
Romney's Tough Talking Foreign Policy Sept 24, 2012
Ann Coulter Sabotages Mitt Romney and GOP Sept. 23, 2012
Romney Campaign  Gets That Sinking Feeling Sept. 22, 2012
Romney Finally Coughs Up 2012 Tax Return Sept. 21, 2012
Salman Rushdie Defends U.S. Free Speech Sept. 20, 2012
U.S. Home Sales Point to Economic Recovery Sept. 19, 2012
Romney Calls Voters Government-Dependent Sept. 18, 2012
Romney Strategist Stevens Has Campaign in Chaos Sept. 17, 2012
Netanyahu Pressures U.S. on Iranian Nukes Sept. 16, 2012
Ryan Slams Obama for "Weak"Foreign Policy Sept 15, 2012
Libyan U.S. Chris Stevens Murdered by Al-Qaeda Sept. 14, 2012
Sept. 11 remembered Sept. 13, 2012
Ryan Blames Obama for Higher Pump Prices Sept. 11, 2012
Romney Rips Obama on August Jobs Report Sept. 10, 2012
Obama's Big DNC Speech Sept. 9, 2012
President Clinton Returns to Primetime at DNC Sept. 8, 2012
Scientology Helps Tom Cruise Audition New Wife Sept. 7, 2012
GOP Fiction or the Real Barack Obama Sept. 6, 2012
Romney's GOP Acceptance Speech Sept. 5, 2012
Ryan Prone Toward Hyperbole and Distortion Sept. 4, 2012
Romney's GOP Acceptance Speech Sept. 3, 2012
Condoleezza Rice's Foreign Policy Claptrap Sept. 2, 2012
Romney Touts Capitalism as Economy's Fiz Sept. 1, 2012
Bin Laden's Death Disputed in New Book August 30, 2012
Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour Calls Obama a One Percenter August 29, 2012
Romney Touts Capitalism as Economy's Fix August 28, 2012
Believe Romney or Your Own Eyes August 27, 2012
Obama's Night-and-Day Contrast to Romney August 26, 2012
Mitt's Cheap Shot on the Birther Issue August 25, 2012
Fed Inaction Signals Improving Economy August 24, 2012
Missouri Rep. Todd Akin Gives GOP Fat Black Eye August 23, 2012
Obama's Syria Warning Rebuked by Russia August 22, 2012
Playing Politics with  the Economy August 21, 2012
Grover Norquist Killing the Republican Paety August 20, 2012
L.A. Warns Pot Shops to Stop or Face Fines August 19, 2012
Russian Rock Group Gets Two Years August 18, 2012
McCain Hands Obama Some Free Advice August 17, 2012
Ryan Slammed On the Medicare Question August 16, 2012
Romney Insists Guns Don't Kill August 15, 2012
Romey Brainwashing Voters On the Economy August 14, 2012
Romney Picks Ryan to Slash U.S. Governent August 13, 2012
Jamaica's Usain Bolt Makes Olympic History August 12, 2012
Romney Needs Some Pizzazz in VP Pick August 11, 2012
Hillary Warns Iran to Stay Out of Syria August 10, 2012
Skinhead Goes Ballistic at Sikh Temple August 9, 2012
Assad's Pseudo-Baathist Regime Clings to Power August 8, 2012
Romney's Doublespeak on Jobs Report August 7, 2012
Kofi Annan Calls It Quits on Syria August 6, 2012
Putin's KGB Style Returns to the Kremlin August 5, 2012
Cheney's Alternative Universe August 4, 2012
Romney Tells Truth About Palestinians August 3, 2012
Romney Placates Israel, Talks Tough on Iran August 2, 2012
Colorado Shrink Missed Batman Killer's Diagnosis August 1, 2012
Romney Voices Opposition to New Gun Lasw July 26, 2012
"Twilight" Start Kristen Stewart Admits Cheating July 25, 2012
Romney Bashes Obama on Miliary Weakness July 24, 2012
Economist Nouriel Roubini Slams U.S. Economy July 23, 2012
NCAA Poised to Hammer Penn State July 22, 2012
Mass Murder Erupts at Batman Premier July 21, 2012
Iran's Fingerprints on Bulgaria Terrorist Blast July 19. 2012
Sen. John McCain Steps Up for Huma Abedin July 18, 2012
Sylvester Stallone's Son Sage Found Dead July 17, 2012
Romney Rattled by Obama's Financial Questions July 16, 2012
Obama and Romney Trade Campaign Barabs July 15, 2012
Red Cross Confirms Syrian Civil War July 14, 2012
Drudge Report Up to Its Old Tricks with Condi July 13, 2012
German Court Ruling Roils Muslims and Jews July 12, 2012
GOP Blames Obama for "Ultimate Sin" July 10, 2012
Lance Armstrong's PED Denials Grow Thin July 9, 2012
RNC's Reince Priebus Slams Obama On the Economy July 8, 2012
Kofi Annana's Failing Syrian Peace Plan Jualy 7, 2012
Obama Scours for Votes in Citizenship Fest July 6, 2012
Holder Fights Back in Election Year PR War July 5, 2012
NewsCorp's Rupert Murdoch Slams Scientology July 4, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan Rips Roberts' Obamacare Ruling July 3, 2012
Roberts Now an Enigma to Conservatives July 2, 2012
Eric Holder Found in Contempt of Congress July 1, 2012
Obamacare Upheld by  the U.S. Supreme Court June 28, 2012
Fast and Furious Upends AG. Eric Holder June 27, 2012
Carter Accuses Obama of Human Rights Abuses June 26, 2012
Wall Street Blames Europe for Sell-Off June 25, 2012
Islamist Mohamed Morsi Wins Egyptian Presidency June 24, 2012
Obamacare On The Chopping Block June 21, 2012
McCain Urges U.S. to Start New War June 18, 2012
Romney Rips Obama's Lack of Experience June 17, 2012
Romney Tells Obama "Talk Is Cheap" June 16, 2012
Dimon Calls"Volcker Rule" Unnecessary June 15, 2012
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder In the Hot Seat June 14, 2012
Spain's Band-Aid on Europe's Bigger Problem June 13, 2012
Iran Plays Games with U.N. Inspectors June 12, 2012
LeBron Answers His Critics June 11, 2012
Romney Rips Obama On the Economy June 10, 2012
Former President Clinton's Message to Barack June 9, 2012
Spain's Banking Crisis Rock's the Euro June 8, 2012
Rebels Responsible for Syrian Massacre June 7, 2012
Ripping Obama for No Executive Experience June 6, 2012
Romney's Hyperbole Hurts the Economy June 5, 2012
Silver Lining in May's Jobs Report June 4, 2012
Romney Bashes Obama on Jobs and Spending June 3, 2012
Obama's Terrorist Kill List June 2, 2012
Obama Silences Syrian War Drums June 1, 2012
Columnist George Will Bashes Donald Trump May 27, 2012
SpaceX Leaps Ahead to Dock with Space Station May 25, 2012
Egypt's New Exercise in Democracy May 23, 2012
Obama's Hillary Option Still On the Table May 22, 2012
SpaceX Must Step Up to Its New Mission Masy 22, 2012
Government's Star Witness in Clemens' Perjury Trial Cracks May 19, 2012
Edwards' Federal Campaign Witch Trial May 18, 2012
Greece's Imminent Eurozone Exit May 17, 2012
Former  NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer Criticizes Jamie Dimon May 15, 2012
Heads Roll at JP Morgan Over $2 Billion Loss May 13, 2012
Obama's Last Word on Same-Sex Marriage May 11, 2012
Romney's Back to the Futured May 9, 2012
Elections in France and Greece Spell Trouble for Eurozone May 8, 2012
McCain Hands Romney Advice on VP Pick May 7, 2012
Romney Blasts Obama Jobs Report May 6, 2012
White House Beats Syrian War Drums May 5, 2012
U.S. -Chinese Relations Hampered by Dissident May 4, 2012
Sarkozy Faces Stinging Defeat in French Election May 3, 2012
Romney's "Joe Six-Pack" Makeover May 2, 2012
Israeli Security Chief Questions Iran Policy May 1, 2012
Israel's Threats Against Iran Backfiring April 27, 2012
Dirty Tricks by Reince Priebus and the RNC April 26, 2012
Armenian Genocide Denied and Remembered April 25, 2012
U.S. Dollar's Unexpected Rebirth April 24, 2012
John Edwards Slush Fund Show Trial April 23, 2012
U.N. Sends Truth Monitors Into Syria April 22, 2012
Romney Pounds Obama On the Economy April 20, 2012
Space Shuttle Discovery Put Out to Pasture April 18, 2012
Kim Jong-Un Follows In His Father's Footsteps April 17, 2012
Obama Down to Brass Tacks Regulaating  Big Oil April 16, 2012
Obama Needs to End Afghan War April 15, 2012
U.S. Faces Uphill Battled with Iran in Istanbul April 13, 2012
Obamacare and Imaginary Budget Deficits April 11, 2011
U.S. Demands On Iran Lead to War April 9, 2012
Warning Signs as U.S. Jobs Market Slows April 8, 2012
Santorum Drags Down the GOP April 7, 2012
Barack Worried About Suvivial of Obamacare April 6, 2012
Hillary's Gunboat Diplomacy with Iran April 5, 2012
JetBlue Pilot Has Psychotic Break April 4, 2012
Romney Panders to Conservatives in Wisconsin April 3, 2012
Magic Johnson Rescues Los Angeles Dodgers April 2, 2012
Supreme Court Debates Fate of Obamacare April 1, 2012
Trayvon Martin Shooter's Story Not Credibile March 26, 2012
U.S. Syrian Policy on the Wrong Page March 25, 2012
Big Oil Capitalizes on Upbeat Economy March 24, 2012
NFL's Bounty Hunting Hysteria March 23, 2012
Obama and GOP Make Gas Prices Political Football March 21, 2012
Romney Blasts Obama on Economic Freedom March 20, 2012
Goldman Sachs Back in the Hot Seat March 18, 2012
Santorum's Wins in Deep South Go No Where March 15, 2012
GOP Voters Believe Obama Is Muslim March 13, 2012
U.S. Soldier Goes Postal in Afghanistan March 12, 2012
McCain Calls For Bombing Bashar al-Assad's Syria March 10, 2012
Netanyahu Needs to Quiet Iran Rhetoric March 9, 2012
Super Tuesday Exposes GOP Chaos March 8, 2012
Rush Limbaugh Trips On His Big Ego March 7, 2012
Obama Persuades Netanyahu on Iran Nukes March 6, 2011
U.S. Stock Market Powers Economic Recovery March 5, 2012
Rush Limbaugh Lashes Out at  Georgetown Law Student March 4, 2012
Church of Scientology Reveals Its Dark Side March 3, 2012
Santroum Blasts Romney on Contraception March 2, 2012
Ryan Braun Blows Smoke at Press Conference March 1, 2012
Romney's Day of Reckoning in Michigan February 28, 2012
GOP Candidates Bash Obama on Gas Prices February 27, 2012
Obamas's Feckless Response to Big Oil February 26, 2012
Iran's Embargo Sprials World Oil and Gas Prices February 23, 2012
Jeremy Lin Takes NBA and World by Storm February 20, 2012
Syria's Brutal Crackdown:  A Sticky Wicket February 19, 2012
Christie Secures VP with Gay Marriage Veto Februaru 17, 2012
Whitney Houston's "Valley of the Dolls" February 15, 2012
Iran and Israel Already in a Proxy War February 13, 2012
Ahmadinejad Dares U.S. and Israel to Strike February 12, 2012
Eurozone Punishes Greece in Bailout Deal February 10, 2012
Santorum's Sweep Spells Trouble for GOP February 9, 2012
U.S. 9th Circuit Court Upholds Ban on Prop 8 February 8, 2012
Gingrich Blasts Obama on Contraception Policy February 7, 2012
Romney Slams Obama on Afghanistan Pull Out February 6, 2012
U.S. and Israel Gearing Up for War with Iran February 5, 2012
Obama Seeks Relief for U.S. Housing Market February 4, 2012
U.S. Budget Deficit to Slip to $1.1 Trillion February 3, 2012
Eurozone Weighs Down U.S. Stock Market February 2, 2012
Gingrich Lashes Out at Romney Before Florida Primary February 1, 2012
Syria's Bashar al-Assad's National Massacre January 28, 2012
Fed's Bernanke Tells Real Story About Economy January 26, 2012
Transportation Security Agency Gone Haywire January 23, 2012
Obama Stands Down Iran in Persian Gulf Januaeu 22, 2012
Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Freak Accident January 21, 2012
Romney Invests Wealth in the Cayman Islands January 19, 2012
Ron Paul Makes Own Case for No VP Offer January 18, 2012
FLDS Leader Warren Jeffs Pulls Strings from Prison January 16, 2012
U.S. Sends Iran Ultimatum on Strait of Hormuz January 15, 2012
Sabotage Against Iran's Nuclear Ambitions January 12, 2012
Obama's Ace-in-the-Hole for Reelection January 11, 2012
Pope benedict XVI Blasts Gay Marriage January 10, 2012
Iran's Secret Nuclear Facility Angagonizes West January 9, 2012
Obama's Key to Fixing the U.S. Economy January 8, 2012
Economy Robs  GOP of Obama Bashing Key January 7, 2012
GOP Race Favors Early Romney Wrap-Up January 6, 2012
Dodgers Ownership Conundrum Takes Shape January 5, 2012
Iran Plays Deadly Game of Chicken with U.S. January 4, 2012
Euro Continues to Slide Against the Yen January 3, 2012
ADD Drug Adderall's Mysterious Disappearance January 2, 2012
China Gives World Lesson in Currency Policy January 1, 2012

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