Search Results - Nikita Khrushchev

1. Mandate of the People
November 08, 2012

The election’s over! Hip, hip, hooray and hot damn! Also, hot dog! (A kosher one for my Jewish friends.) In my heart-of-hearts I do not expect anything to change except an upsurge of hate-and-discontent, bitching-and-griping, gridlock, non-action, denial, projection-of-blame, and higher taxes. My comment has nothing to do with winners and losers. We’re all losers. The result would be the same regardless of the election outcome: Romney or Obama. It’s a statement of what we have become in this country; a country where even supporters of professional sports team WINNERS riot and vandalize their o... (read more)

Author: Gene Myers

2. Cuban Missile Crisis Lessons for Iran
October 12, 2012

Historians agree that in October of 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev squared off in a showdown that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.... (read more)

3. October Marks 50th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis
October 09, 2012

WASHINGTON — This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.  Historians say there were several key events that led to the decision by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to station nuclear missiles in Cuba in October 1962.   In January 1961 John F. Kennedy assumed office as president of the United States.  One of his major foreign policy dilemmas was how to deal with Fidel Castro, a Cuban nationalist who in 1959 overthrew General Fulgencio Bati... (read more)