The Missiles of Rocktober
Just in time for October, Michele Bachmann is worried about a new Cuban missile crisis: “And the question was asked, should we normalize trading with Cuba? Why would you normalize trading with a...
View ArticleThe Leadership Test of the Cuban Missile Crisis
My Monday column applies the Cuban Missile Crisis test to the current presidential candidates. Fifty years ago yesterday, an American U-2 reconnaissance flight snapped a series of damning photographs...
View ArticleThirteen Days
Thankfully, the full movie featuring the great Bruce Greenwood as President Kennedy is on YouTube. With the 50th anniversary this week and next week, it’s required viewing. I’ve watched this movie at...
View ArticleA Deal to Prevent a War in Syria Reveals Obama as JFK, Not GWB
My Tuesday column: For the last couple of weeks, President Obama has been running a two-tiered strategy: on one hand, scaring the holy bejeezus out of Assad and Putin, while simultaneously offering...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....