On the subject of Venezuela, I was wondering when the chaos would break out: the economy started tanking just around when Chavez kicked the bucket only to have Maduro come to power with all of Chavez’ corrupt, authoritarian tendencies and none of his charisma.

Needless to say, on a scale of Czechoslovakia 1989 to Syria 2011, I hope the situation down there ends up on the side of Czechoslovakia. Hopefully, Maduro is ousted without much violence and Venezuela can begin to rebuild its economy and its civil society.