At the party on Saturday night, we were on the subject of Cuba. I think I was mentioning how weird it is to see posters advertising vacations in Cuba plastered all over the subway here. Cuba is a popular vacation spot for Canadians; Canada of course does not have an embargo on Cuba, as the U.S. does.
Somebody piped up “100% literacy rate, though… impressive.”
I responded, “Doesn’t help you much if you can’t read what you want.”
And the subject was changed.
Today, reading through back issues of The Corner, I found this:
QUOTES [Jonah Goldberg]Lots of readers sending me their favorite Jonah-quotes. Modesty precludes me from posting them here. However, one reader sent me this one from the Derb which I like a great deal:
“Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.”
Exactly.