The papal trip to Cuba hasn't even begun, Martha Stewart hasn't yet arrived in Havana, and already the Washington Post has published a story on John Paul II's trip that for sheer, tone-deaf political fatuousness will be hard to surpass. "Castro and the Pope: Opponents With Shared Values," read the headline, under which ran this unforgettable subhead: "While Differing on Religion, Both Embrace Altruism and Reject Unbridled Capitalism." Castro, we learn "is no dogmatic anti-religionist." Indeed, he has said "it is possible for Christians to be Marxists as well, and to work together with Marxist communists to transform the world."
It's going to be a long week.