May 13, 2008 9:03AM 

# 50 Years On, Some Common Sense 

By [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) 

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Steve Clemons posts a heartening little video of Bush père’s National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft responding to Steve’s question “What do you think about Cuba?” It’s a rare occasion for foreign policy folks to take heart and ponder whether the forces of reality may not be making progress on some issues, at least:

More common sense on Cuba [here](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-05,GGLD:en&q=cuba+site:cato%2eorg).

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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