“The way forward for the Middle East is not a mystery,” said President Bush last week. “The way forward depends on serving the interests of the living, instead of settling the accounts of the past.”
Cuba is in the headlines again, and the news is not good. Since March, Fidel Castro’s government has arrested 75 dissidents, executed three, and sentenced the others to prison terms of up to 28 years. “This wave of repression is the worst in the history of Cuba,” said one leader earlier this month. On April 15, Iowa governor Tom Vilsack dropped plans to visit the island on a trip that was meant to promote trade ties.