The Soviet Union is history. It’s successor state, Russia, seems oddly in cahoots with our commander in chief. China is becoming the world’s largest economic powerhouse. And Cuba, without Castro, has lost its cache.
The oil-rich hotbed of poverty has become, from U.S. Senate debates to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s State of the State Address, the villain du jour for American politicians who wish to argue, above all else, that taxes are always too high and government regulations too onerous.
Well, maybe some taxes are too steep and some regulations ought to be rolled back.