It’s a good day when I see my views echoed, almost word for word, in a NYT editorial. Gone are the days when I would cringe after reading Juan Forero‘s coverage. Out with the microphone diplomacy and in with pragmatic approaches to dealing with fake dictators. The truth about Chávez has finally surfaced. He can hunt down his political enemies as much as he wants, he can turn into the second serial violator of INTERPOL’s arrest warrants. But everyone has his number; all those who matter do.