It’s good to see the rules loosening up a bit in Cuba: Cuba Legalizes Purchase, Sale Of Private Property.  Hopefully this continues.  It’s too bad the US can’t just get over itself and open relations with Cuba again.  I know it won’t happen because some people in Florida will be upset, but they shouldn’t be.  If everyone’s true goal is to help turn Cuba into a much more free country, the way to do that is by increasing interaction, not reducing it.  Most people who are exposed to western-style democracy and consumerism end up wanting them, to some extent, so the internal changes often flow naturally.  Even in the middle east, where many people are opposed to the extremes of western values, most people still want to move in that direction to a point.