Thus The Wall Street Journal today. “With risks growing that Ebola could flare on foreign shores, the US is calling for nations to dispatch doctors and nurses to West Africa, where thousands of lives are on the line,” elaborates the newspaper. “Few have heeded the call, but one country has responded in strength: Cuba.” I almost cheered when I read this. And I felt kind of proud. Although socialism is dead and gone, there remain some of its tails. Cuban medicine is surely among them. Fidel Castro did his best to push it to the forefront of his social policy. So many years later, it is in such a good shape that it can be used against the Ebola epidemic. Congratulations all around! Returning to socialism, I cannot but feel crestfallen. If only humans have evolved enough to give it a good try. One way or another, the next serious try will have to wait for quite some time. Say, a hundred-thousand years, give or take a few.