At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, Eastern Daylight Time, the American blockade of Cuba becomes effective. 25 Russian ships are en route to Cuba on what may be a collision course in more than one ...

Trump needs creativity to resolve the Iran crisis. The two-week pause is a start. The Iran situation reminds me of JFK’s decision to pull back from hawkish advisers during the Cuban missile crisis.

Trump could use an advisor like Barbara Tuchman whose ‘Guns of August’ was crucial to JFK during the Cuban missile crisis JFK signs the order of a naval blockade of Cuba, on Oct. 23, 1962.

Sept. 13, 2011 -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in the Cuban Missile Crisis that it might be a good night to go to the theater.