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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.
Sen. Ted Cruz Blames Democrats December 31, 2013
Russia Rocked by Terrrorism Before Socbi Games December 30, 2013
Kerry's Post-Christmas Return to Mideast December 29, 2013
Snowden Blows Smoke in Christmas Message December 27, 2013
Sex Abuse Laws Defy Americian Justistice December 26, 2013
Utah's Hypocrisy on Gay Marriage December 24, 2013
Palestininas Pressure Israel on  Peace Dealt December 23, 2013
Time to Rethink U.S.-Cuban Relations December 22, 2013
Obama's Year-End Press Conference December 20, 2013
U.S. Atty. Goes Over the Top with Indian Diplomat December 19, 2013
Snowden Shops Around Asylum Deal December 18, 2013
Big Pharma Discredits Vitamin Industry December 17, 2013
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Psychosis Fed Fanaticism December 16, 2013
Wall Street Braces for Fed's Tapering December 15, 2013
Kim Jong-un Executes Uncle Jang Song-thaek December 14, 2013
Ryan Reaches Two Year Budget Deal With Democrats December 13, 2013
Uraquay Legalizes Mariijuana in Bold Future Move December 12, 2013
U.S. Income Inequality Threatens American Dream December 11, 2013
Mandela's Funeral Sparks Paranoia in Tehran December 10, 2013
Boxing Champ Klitschko Leads Protests in Ukraine December 8, 2013
South Africa's Inequality Outlives Mandela December 7, 2013
Netanyahu Needs to Buttom Up on Iran December 3, 2013
2013 Nobel Winter Shiller Fears Wall Street Bubble December 2, 2013
Netanyahu Pressed by Israel's Labor Party December 1, 2013
Term Limits Appropriate for White House November 30, 2013
Obama Clueless About What's Wrong  with Obamacare November 29, 2013
Nancy Lanza's Mental Health Trap Before the Massacre November 28. 2013
China Flexes Muscles in East China Sea November 27, 2013
State Offers No Motive in Sandy Hook Mass Murder November 26, 2013
Obama's Report Card Not Looking Too Good November 25, 2013
Iran Deal Helps Israeli National Security November 24, 2013
JFK's 50-Year Government Disgraced November 23, 2013
Syrian Rebel Groups Seek Fundamentalist Islamic State November 22, 2013
Obamacare's Train Wreck Rolls Down Tracks November 21, 2013
Who Killed JFK and Why? November 20, 2013
U.S. Closer to Diplomatic Ties with Iran November 19, 2013
JFK's Death Still America's Lingering Wound November 17, 2013
Martin's Breakdown Not Due to Incognito November 15, 2013
Israel's Netanyahu Owes Kerry on Iran November 11, 2013
Christie Fights Uphill Battle with GOP November 10, 2013
Obama's Economy Keeps on Humming November 9, 2013
Obama Apologizes for Health Care Law November 8, 2013
Christie's Landslide Spells Troup for GOP November 5, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul the Plaagiarst November 4, 2013
Putin invites Snowden to Embarrass the U.S. November 3, 2013
Snowden's New Job for Betraying U.S. November 1, 2013
Obmacare in Full Damage Control Mode October 30, 2013
Obamacare's Predictable Train Wreck October 29. 2013
Obama Faces Rocky Road in Senate Nominations October 28, 2013
Cheney Evasive on New GOP Leadership October 27, 2013
Sen. Ted Cruz:  GOP's Master Propagandist October 26, 2013
Rep. Paul Ryan Looks to Slash Budget October 25, 2013
GOP's Economic Plan Leads to Double-Dip October 24, 2013
Saudi Arabia Warns U.S. Against Iran Ties October 23, 2013
Bionic Man Cheney Still Blowing Smoke October 22, 2013
Cruz and GOP Hit GOP with  Wrecking Ball October 21, 2013
Obama Lectures GOP on Jobs October 19, 2013
GOP's Shutdown and Default Over Obamacare October 18, 2013
Boehner Sticks It to Obama Pushing U.S. to Brink October 17, 2013
Debt Deal Finally Reached After Much Agony October 16, 2013
Debt Deal is Boehner's Profile in Courage October 15, 2013
Obama's 11th Hour Push to End Default October 14, 2013
What's Really Behind the Government Shutdown October 13, 2013
White House Telegraphs Mixed Message on Shutdown October 12, 2013
White House and Congress Not Out of the Woods October 11, 2013
Push Comes to Shove with White House and GOP October 10, 2013
Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Obama's Out October 9, 2013
Tea Party Isn't About Growing the Economy October 8, 2013
White House and Congress on Suicide Mission October 7, 2013
Boehner's New Civil War October 6, 2013
Shutdown Weakens U.S. Foreign Policy October 5, 2013
Washington's Curse of the Open Mike October 4, 2013
Clock Ticking on Obama and GOP October 3, 2013
Tea Party's Phantom Beef with Obamacare October 2, 2013
Government Shutdown Unconstituional October 1, 2013
Divided Government Broken in Washington September 30, 2013
GOP  Brainwashes Public About Obamacare September 29, 2013
House GOP Pushes to Shutdown the Government September 28, 2013
Jury Deliberates Over Jackson Family Suit September 27. 2013
Iran Hints at Change in U.S. Relations September 26, 2013
Tea Party Zealots Hold U.S. Congress Hostage September 25, 2013
Al-Qaeda's Al-Shabaab Lashes Out at Nairobi September 22, 2013
Fed Chairman Bernanke Refuses to End QE3 September 20, 2013
Trader Joe's Health Insurance Disgrace September 15, 2013
Kerry Strikes Deal on Syrian Chemical Weapons September 14, 2013
U.N Inspectors Confirm Use of Sarin Nerve Gas September 13, 2013
Putin Fires Back in NY Times Op-Ed September 12, 2013
Putin Beats Obama at Geopolitical Chess September 11, 2013
Obama Pivots in Naitonal Address on Syria September 10, 2013
Putin to the Rescue of all-Assad and Obama September 9, 2013
Obama's Shrewd Political Gambit in Syria September 7, 2013
Obama's New Cuban Missile Crisis September 6 ,2013
Iran Pays Lip Service in Defense of Syria September 5, 2013
Putin Raises Statkes in Syrian Crisis September 4, 2013
McCain Runs Obama's Syrian War Operation September 3, 2013
Atty. Gen. Eric Holders OKs Legalizing Marijuana September 2, 2013
Obama Seeks Congressional Advice on Syria September 1, 2013
Obama Punts Syrian Crisis to Congress August 31, 2013
Obama's Fence-Sitting on Syria Must Stop August 30, 2013
Obama's "Shot-Across-the-Bow" Cariies Big Risks August 29, 2013
Bshar al-Assad Rearranges the Deck Chairs August 28, 2013
World Braces for Air Strikes on Syria August 27, 2013
Obama Seeks Legal Grounds to Intervene in Syria August 26, 2013
Obama Pressed Into "Surgical" Syrian Action August 25, 2013
Syrian Military Intervention Looks Inevitable August 24, 2013
Hasan Convicted of Premeditated Murder August 23, 2013
Syrian Attack Points to Sarin Nerve Gas August 22, 2013
Obamacare Fails to Deliver Affordability August 21, 2013
Muslim Brotherhoo'd Christian Genocide August 18, 2013
Egypt Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood August 15, 2013
Israeli-Palestinina Peace Talks Start Again August 14, 2013
Hasan Seeks Pentagon Help for Martyrdom August 13, 2013
Pentagon Reluctant to Brand Hasan Terrorist August 12, 2013
Tea Party's Sen. Ted Cruz Born in Canada August 11, 2013
Fed's Cheap Dollar Policy Roils Foreigners August 10, 2013
Obama Calls for Oversight of U.S. Spying August 9, 2013
Obama Acquiesces to McCain's Foreign Policy August 8, 2013
Fed's Cheap Dollar Policy Roils Foreigners August 7, 2013
Fort Hood Psychiatrist Murder Trial Begins August 6, 2013
RNC's Reince Priebus Warns NBC and CNN August 5, 2013
Al-Qaeda Throws U.S. National Security into Tizzy August 4, 2013
Egypt's Military Doesn't Buy Democracy Claim August 3, 2013
GOP's 40th Attempt to Repeal Obamacare August 2, 2013
Obama "Disappointed" Over Snowden Asylum August 1, 2013
Eliot Spitzer Deserves a Second Chance July 31, 2013
Winds of Change Blow in Iran July 30, 2013
Kerry Walks Dangerous Mideast Tightrope July 29, 2013
Egypt's Military Outlaws Muslim Brotherhood July 27, 2013
Ryan Braun MLB's New Anti-Drug Poster Boy July 26, 2013
Lance Armstrong Sticks it to the Post Office July 25, 2013
Snowden Begs for Asylum in Russia July 24, 2013
McCain Backs Obama on Stand-Your-Ground Laws July 23, 2013
Iraq's Ugly Reality a Warning in Syria July 22, 2013
Obama's New Pick for U.N. Ambassador July 20, 2013
Kerry Jumpstarts Mideast Peace Talks July 19, 2013
Detroit's Bankruptcy:  A Stunning Disconnect July 18, 2013
Ahmadinejad Returns to Baghdad July 17, 2013
Zimmerman Found Not Guilty by Florida Jury July 16, 2013
Egypt Swears in New Pro-Democracy Cabinet July 15, 2013
Bottom Line on Zimmerman's Not Guilty Verdict July 14, 2013
Texas GOP Passes Tough Abortion Law July 13, 2013
Snowden Begs Putin for Temporary Asylum July 12, 2013
Rand Paul Offic the Wall on Egypt July 11, 2013
Boston MarathonTerrorist Pleads Not Guilty July 10, 2013
Spitzer Back in Politics for NYC Comptroller July 9, 2013
Egypt Moves Closere to Civil War July 8, 2013
George W. Bush Sings a Different Tune July 7, 2013
Prosecution Rests in Zimmerman Trial July 6, 2013
Snowden's Mental Illness More Obvious July 5, 2013
Morsi-Muslim Brotherhood Ejected from Power July 4, 2013
Snowden's Mental Illness More Obvious July 3, 2013
Snowden Begs Putin for Asylum July 2, 2013
Egypt's Anarchy Calls for Morsi to Go July 1, 2013
Biden Becomes Obama's Snowden Attack Dog June 30, 2013
Supreme Court Upholds Same Sex Marriage June 29, 2013
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Makes Peace Offering June 28, 2013
Fitch Warns Debt Threatens U.S. Economy June 27, 2013
Kerry Kisses the Royal Saudi Ring June 26, 2013
NSA Leaker Snowden Flees from Hong Kong to Russia June 23, 2013
Kerry to Qatar for Syrian War Talks June 21, 2013
Wall Street Takes Profits and Blames the Fed June 20, 2013
Snowden's Neither Hero Nor Traitor June 18, 2013
Obama's Collision Course with Russia June 17, 2013
Obama's Gulf of Tonkin Mominet June 16, 2013
Obama's Sudden Reversal on Syria June 14, 2013
Clapper Gives Claptrap Over Straight Answers June 13, 2013
Clapper Over the Top on Data-Mining Practices June 12, 2013
Drone Operator Develops Post-Traumatic Stress June 11, 2013
Justice Department's Spy Scandal June 10, 2013
All Roads Point to White House in IRS Scandal June 3, 2013
Wall Street Poised for Profit Taking June 2, 2013
Syrian Civil War Morphs into Sectarian Hatred June  1, 2013
Obama Needs to Jettison Atty. Gen. Holder May 31, 2013
Jackson Family Trial Against AEG Heats Up May 30, 2013
Atty. Gen. Holder Embarasses the White House May 29, 2013
McCain Upends Syrian Peace Talks May 28, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul Rips Obama Moral Authority May 27, 2013
GOP Continues to Beat the War Drums May 26, 2013
Jodi Arias Jury Deadlocked on Penalty Phase May 24, 2013
IRS Scanda Heats Up with Lerner Taking Fifth May 23, 2013
Arias Jury Deadlocked on Death Penality May 22, 2013
Former IRS Chief Douglas Shulman Goes Blank May 21, 2013
White House Spies on Fox News Reporter May 20, 2013
IRS Scandal has White House on the Defensive May 19, 2013
North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles May 18, 2013
Scandals Expose GOP's Pre-Election Strategy May 17, 2013
Al-Qaeda Barbarism Tells Syria's Real Story May 16, 2013
Obama Needs Urgent Damage Control May 15, 2013
Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Under Siege May 14, 2013
O.J. Simpson Begs for New Nevada Trial May 13, 2013
McCain Beats the Benghazi Dead Horse May 12, 2013
Syria Contracts with Radical Palestine May 11, 2013
Benghazi Revelations Hit Obma with Cream Pie May 10, 2013
Hezbollah Vows to Defend Bashar al-Assad May 9, 2013
Kerry Brokers Deal with Putin On Syria May 8, 2013
Pressure Hits Obama to Intervene in Syria May 7, 2013
Russia and China Object to Israel Bombing Syria May 6, 2013
Israel Strikes Syrian Misslkes Bound for Hezbollah May 5, 2013
Afghanistan's Growing Death Trap May 4, 2013
Boston's Tsarnaev Brothers Raise Red Flags May 3, 2013
Obama's "Red Lines" Show Wisdom in Syria May 2, 2013
Boston's Self-Radicalized Bombing Conspiracy May 1, 2013
U.S. Military Intervention in Syria a Bad Idea April 28, 2013
Time for FBI Director Muelller to Step Down April 27, 2013
Obama Close to Intervening in Syria April 26, 2013
Boston Bombings Could Have Been Prevented April 24, 2013
Sequester Slams Air-Traffic Control System April 23, 2013
Boston Bomber Charged by Feds in Hospital April 22, 2013
FBI Drops the Ball in Boston Terror Attack April 21, 2013
Boston's Terrorist Dzhokhar Just a Regular Guy April 20, 2013
U.S. Mulim Community Fears Bomber's Identity April 19, 2013
Boston's Chechen Terror Cell April 18, 2013
Boston Bombs Resemble Those in Mideast April 17, 2013
Boston's Terrrorist Blasts Point to Al-Qaeda April 16, 2013
Profit Taking Takes Down Precious Metals April 15, 2013
Senate's Watered Down Gun Bill April 14, 2013
China Rejects Kerry's North Korean Please April 13, 2013
Kerry Warns Kim Jong-Un Agaisnt Missile Test April 14, 2013
McConnell Accuses Dems of Dirty Tricks Apil 11, 2013
North Korean Threat Real Says U.S. Admiral April 10, 2013
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Trips in Europe April 9. 2013
Al-Qaeda's al-Zawhari Seeks to Topple Syria April 8, 2013
Afhan's Suicide Bombing Future April 7, 2013
Iran Stalls at Kazakhstan Nuke Talkes April 6, 2013
New Pew Poll Favors Legalizing Marijuana April 5, 2013
Wall Street's Bull Market Starts to Unravel April 4, 2013
Rio Rape Sends Ugly Message About World Cup April 3, 2013
Pantagon's Unrealistic Afghan Plan April 2, 2013
Senate Seeks Bipartisan Immigration Reform April 1, 2013
North Korea's Bluff and Blackmail Strategy March 31, 2013
GOP Racial Slur Rocks the Boat March 30, 2013
U.S. Sends Message to North Korea March 29,2013
Supreme Court Looks Toward Ending DOMA March 28, 2013
Supreme Court Looks to Punt on Gay Marriage March 27, 2013
GOP's 2016 Strategy:  More of the Same March 26, 2013
Kerry Gets Real Picture in Iraq March 25, 2013
Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage March 24, 2013
Obama Rethinks Mideast and Syria March 23, 2013
Obama Letures Israelis and Palestinians March 22, 2013
World Finacial Markets on Wobbly Legs March 21, 2013
Obama Delivers Right Message to Israel March 20, 2013
Cyprus Exposes Cracks in Eurozone March 19, 2013
World Financial Markets on Wobbly Legs March 18, 2013
Syrian Rebels to Set Up Alternative Government March 17, 2013
Obama Resets Relations with Israel March 16, 2013
Romeny Tells Conservative Activists "We'll Win" March 15, 2013
Iranian Arms to Syria Defies U.N. Ban March 14, 2013
Obama Tells Congress Deficits "No Big Deal" March 13, 2013
Cardinals Convene Conclave to Pick New Pope March 12, 2013
New Cheney Documentary Sheds Little Light March 11, 2013
Al Qaeda Boast of Syrian Troops Massacre March 10, 2013
New Cheney Documentary Sheds Little Light March 9, 2013
Sen. Marco Rubio Sabotages U.S. Economy March 8, 2013
North Korea Threatens U.S. with Nuclear Attack March 7, 2013
Syrian Rebels Seize U.N. Peacekeepers March 6, 2013
Biden Saber Rattles Speaking to AIPAC March 5, 2013
Romney's First Interview Since the  Election March 4, 2013
Natanyahu Reaches Out to old Foe Livni Narch 3, 2013
Kerry Calls Turkey on Anti-Semitic Rhetoric March 2, 2013
Woodward Takes Out Hatchet on White House March 1, 2013
Mighty Dow Powers Up U.S. Economy February 28, 2013
Obama in Panic Mode Over Sequester February 27, 2013
Afghan's Karzai Boots Out U.S. Forces February 26, 2013
Harvard Economist Sees Shrinking Middle Class February 25, 2013
Obama White House Argues for Gay Marriage February 24, 2013
New Pope Must Consider Repealing Celibacy February 23, 2013
Republicans Get Back at Chuck Hagel February 22, 2013
Egypt's Miliary Grows Impatient with Morsi February 21, 2013
South Africa Gets Its Own "OJ" Trial February 20, 2013
McCain Beats a Dead Horse on Benghazi February 19, 2012
Hagel Poised for Defense Secretary Confirmation February 18, 2013
"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius Kill Girlfriend February 17, 2013
El-Erian Sees Market Correction Ahead February 16, 2013
Police Tactics Questioned in Dorner's Last Stand February 15, 2013
Graham Grandstands on Obama Nominations February 14, 2013
Boehner Takes Cheap Shot Shot at Obama February 13, 2013
North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Detonates Nuke February 12, 2013
Ex-Los Angeles Cop Goes Ballistic February 11, 2013
President's Predator Drone Program February 10, 2013
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Speech February 8, 2013
White House Doctor Blasts Christie's Obesity February 6, 2013
Shrinking Federal Budget Deficits February 4, 2013
Iran Pressed to Deal with Nuclear Issue February 3, 2013
Obama Rejects Arming Syrian Rebels February 2, 2013
Wall Street Soars Validating Obama's Economy February 1, 2013
McCain Hammers Hagel on Iraq, Etc. January 31, 2013
Israel Strikes Syian Arms Convoy January 30, 2013
Egypt's Revolution Turns on Mohamed Morsi January 29, 2013
Immigration Reform Chases Latino Votes January 28, 2013
Kim Jong-Un's Nuclear Blackmail January 27, 2013
Gov. Jerry Brown Urges Fiscal Restraint January 24, 2013
Hillary Grilled on Benghazi in U.S. Senate January 23, 2013
Israel's Netanyahu Squeaks Out Third Term January 22, 2013
Hostages  Pay Heavy Price in Algerian Raid January 21, 2013
Obama's Second Inaugural Address January 20, 2013
Lance Armstrong Confesses to Oprah January 19, 2013
Paul Ryan Back to Haunt Obama January 18, 2013
NRA and GOP Rip Obama's Gun Plans January 17, 2013
Hagel Reassures Sen. Chuck Hagel January 16, 2013
Obama and Netanyahu Need to Mend Fences January 15, 2013
Colin L. Powell Weighs In on Benghazi Attack January 14, 2013
Obama Seeks to Speed Up End to Afghan War January 13, 2013
Happy Days Return to California Budget Janaury 12, 2013
Israel OK About Hagel Nomination January 11, 2013
"Zero Dark Thirty's" Story of Bin Laden's End January 10, 2013
Armstrong Seeks Oprah's Damage Control January 9, 2013
Israel OK with Hagel Nomination January 8, 2013
"Zero Dark Thirty's" Story of Bin Laden's End January 7, 2013
Common Sense for White House Gun Control January 6, 2013
Obama to Tap Hagel for Defense Secretary January 5, 2013
U.S. Predator Drones Take Toll on Taliban January 3, 2013
Bigger Fish to Fry after Fiscal Cliff January 2, 2013
GOP Looks to Upend Fiscal Ckoff Deal January 1, 2013

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