Raul Castro’s 2018 Retirement Looms for Cuba, Miami

(HAVANA) — It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have...

Lessons in Socialism: How Cuba Can Become Relevant Again

An entrepreneurial wave is emerging in Havana that, along with immigration reform in the U.S., is giving Cuba renewed relevance while giving Americans a close...

Campaign 2012: The Report Card

Has there ever been a less gracious presidential loser than Mitt Romney? I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt during the campaign. I figured he was...

“The public . . . still prefers capitalism to socialism, but they think capitalism is immoral. And if we're seen as defenders of quote, Wall Street, end quote, we've got a problem.”

–Republican message guru Frank Luntz coaching politicians on the best way to talk about Occupy Wall Street.

Irony Alert

Last night on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNBC program, I called the Democratic win in New York’s 26th district “a victory for socialism.” My tongue was planted firmly...