Obama gives the Castro regime in Cuba an undeserved bailout  —  IN RECENT months, the outlook for the Castro regime in Cuba was growing steadily darker.  The modest reforms it adopted in recent years to improve abysmal economic conditions had stalled, due to the regime's refusal to allow Cubans greater freedoms.

PAUL: TRADE WITH CUBA ‘PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that starting to trade with Cuba “is probably a good idea” and that the lengthy economic embargo against the communist island “just hasn't worked.”  —  Paul became the first potential …

The Castros Finally Hit the Jackpot  —  Even if you oppose the isolation of Cuba, this is not a good trade.  —  Candidate Barack Obama said that, as president, he would talk to anti-American dictators without precondition.  He didn't mention that he would also give them historic policy concessions without precondition.

How Republicans could stop Obama's Cuba play  —  Hill Republicans started making a to-do list immediately.  —  President Barack Obama's plan to normalize relations with Cuba has hit a familiar roadblock: Republicans on Capitol Hill.  —  Just hours after Obama announced that a prisoner swap …

Republicans hardly unanimous on new Cuba policy  —  We've grown accustomed to some clear divisions among Republicans on foreign policy, with the Dick Cheney wing of the GOP aggressively at odds with the Rand Paul wing.  It's not exactly a 50-50 split - the former contingent is vastly larger than the latter …

Texas Theater to Show ‘Team America’ In Place of ‘The Interview’  —  After Sony canceled the release of the North Korea assassination comedy The Interview, a Texas theater said it would swap the film with Paramount's 2004 film Team America: World Police for one free screening.