Scum sucking dictator Fidel Castro is burning in Hell.
Cuban geopolitics is a little outside of my area of specialization (though I did stick a toe in those waters when I was taking “Modern Revolutions” with Dr. Sanchez back in the St. Edwards days). If I see any smart takes while I’m out and about I’ll try to link them here.
Edited to add: Various takes: Tam. Lawrence. Amy Alkon.
Edited to add 2: by way of a retweet from Popehat on the Twitter, the Miami Herald obit.
While I’m thinking about it, can I put in a plug for Stephen Hunter’s Havana? Not that it’s completely historical or anything, but I did think it was a fun book. (And Castro is a pivotal character in it.)
He couldn’t bear to live in a world without Florence Henderson.
Well, I can sort of understand that. They weren’t that far apart, age wise. (She was 82, he was 90.)
And did you see the recent photo of her in the NYT obit?
I saw that. She looked pretty good. Not just “for her age” good, but really good.