James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal:
So this is what communism comes down to: a feeble near-octogenarian dictator lying in a hospital bed, bleeding from an unmentionable part of his digestive tract. As Reuters reports, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has "stepped down temporarily . . . handing over power for the first time" to Crown Prince Raul Castro...Castro has subjected Cuba's 11 million people to collectivized poverty in a police state.
Yeah, well, nobody's perfect. In his statement, Castro vows to "fight until the last drop of blood." We will be keeping an eye on his condition. May it stabilize soon.
