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Making the Sale

As someone who has long held more than a passing interest, I applaud President Obama for opening relations with Cuba.

As someone who remembers President Nixon opening relations with China in 1972, a truly historic foreign policy achievement, I deplore the media for its breathless coverage of the Cuba opening.

Of course, breathless does sell advertising . . .