Mountain Sage

Ok, it’s a fluff piece or should I say  fluffy? 

(WASHINGTON) — Bo? It’s no jest.
The first family has settled on a first pet — a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog that the Obama girls are naming Bo. (See TIME’s photos of presidential first dogs)
The selection was one of the White House’s most tightly kept [...]

It’s quite apparent that the restrictions against travel to Cuba and the trade embargo have not had the desired effect of forcing Cuba to move toward democratization and greater respect for human rights.  Why continue to do something that doesn’t work?  Is it an act of a stubborn willed United States as Mr. Herrera charges [...]