If Clinton were merely a cultural boor, his influence would not be so pernicious. But he has managed to immobilize and silence the last vestiges of the anti-fascist left. It used to be that you could count on at least a solid minority of the Democratic party to protest claims of moral equivalence between democracy and totalitarianism. If Clinton's home-grown brand of applied fascism has managed to reduce freedom to something only one political party cares about, we are in very deep trouble. They may succeed in sending Elian back.
Power combined with evil often wins, for a while at least.
If they do send Elian back, I have a modest suggestion. In addition to your prayers, every year on the anniversary of Elian's kidnap by Reno, Clinton, and Castro, listen to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and ask radio stations that reach Cuba to play it too, and ask them to announce that it is for Elian. Like a blade of grass pushing its way through concrete, the message will get through. John Marks is a classical-music record producer.