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Trump’s new Cuba policy – we’re back in 1987
President Donald Trump's speech reflecting the contentious relationship between Cuba and the United States was a perfect speech if it had been made 30 years earlier. Those days,…
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Frequently asked questions on President Trump’s Cuba announcement
The Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday, June 16, issued the following frequently asked questions on President Trump’s Cuba announcement.
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Trump’s Miami visit: More questions than answers
Miami is in an uproar with speculation of what may be coming after almost three years of political thaw between the U.S. and Cuba. Nobody seems to really know what this Friday might…
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Dying for business
Numbers make clear the perversity of a policy proposed by the Trump administration that will cripple the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Here's just one example: In 1970,…
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Engage Cuba: It would be a shame if President Trump rolls back Cuba policy
James Williams released a statement on behalf of Engage Cuba, an organization he presides that continues to work on behalf of a better U.S.-Cuba relationship, stating that a rollback of…
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Comey’s comments and America’s lack of self-awareness
Former FBI head James Comey’s testimony before a Senate Intelligence Committee provides a fascinating, yet completely predictable, insight into America’s continued ability to sustain an…
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Economic inequality & environmental destruction: Capitalism reverts to its normal state
Watching Trump as he rolls out policy after policy, one might conclude he has studied Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' closely and then done exactly the opposite…
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Why would Donald Trump adopt Marco Rubio’s failed Cuba policy?
In an article written in January of this year before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, Professor LeoGrande argued logically for maintaining the U.S.'s current political course…
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Out of control: Trump’s travels and troubles
On his first foreign trip, President Trump was a caricature of himself and his country: the Ugly American on steroids. He is not a deviation in the Republican long march to the right;…
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TDC and The Hill: Trump will rollback Obama Cuba policies in June
There appears to be bad news in the horizon dealing with Cuba travel. The Daily Caller and The Hill are reporting that “President Donald Trump is set to announce a rollback of former…
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