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Iran Policy and the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.21.2012 | Politics
Joseph A. Palermo

The news that Obama has chosen dialogue over saber rattling gives Romney the opportunity to vent his criticism at the sole foreign policy debate that falls on the 50th anniversary of the night when President John F. Kennedy first made public the existence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Who Really 'Won' the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?

Eric Margolis | Posted 12.19.2012 | World
Eric Margolis

When the Cuban missile crisis erupted 50 years ago this month, I was a student at Washington's Georgetown University Foreign Service School. Cuba was headline news. The Cold War was at its peak.

50 Years Later, New Secrets Of The Cuban Missile Crisis Emerge

Posted 10.15.2012 | World

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended 50 years ago this month. Or did it? According to documents publicly released for the first time to coincide with the...

Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis: The Brink of Nuclear War

Lea Lane | Posted 12.21.2011 | Politics
Lea Lane

I recently saw two movies dealing with the end of the world -- Melancholia and Tree of Life. These artsy films sparked a remembrance of fears I once f...

On Tour with Jackie Kennedy: Versailles to Vietnam Policy, Part I

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 08.13.2011 | Style
Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Fifty years ago, from May 31 to June 16, 1961, a world leader's wife found herself transformed into a world Icon in her own right. By the time she returned home to the U.S., she'd transcended being a mere trend-setter.

'Berlin 1961': The Kennedy Blunders That Brought Us To The Brink Of War (PHOTOS)

Frederick Kempe | Posted 07.16.2011 | Books
Frederick Kempe

It was June of 1961, and the setting was neutral Vienna. This first and last Kennedy-Khrushchev summit would prove to be one of the most explosive and decisive meetings ever of the two most powerful leaders of their time.

Daniel Schorr, Remembering

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Craig Crawford

Just a few weeks before his death on Friday, I interviewed the 93-year-old journalist about his career, which spanned 60 years as a correspondent for CBS, CNN and NPR.

President Kennedy's "How To" Manual

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Joseph A. Palermo

President Kennedy did not capitulate to the knee-jerk criticism of the treaty but forged ahead anyway despite its lack of support on Capitol Hill.

Shoe Fetishism...The Arab Way!

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Faisal J. Abbas

If our journalists in the Arab world were as good at investigating and writing stories as they were in shoe tossing, we would have perhaps uncovered a whole series of Abu Ghraibs or even more horrific stories.

In Most Crucial Election Ever, an Open and Shut Case

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mort Rosenblum

For our children's sake, it is time to put aside partisanship, prejudices, and petty side issues.