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ElianWatch

This cartoon used by permission and is copyright © 2000, by Myra MacPherson has been doing what I've been doing: covering the Elian Gonzalez story. While I've been honest in my opinions, Ms. MacPherson has written under the cover of "journalism." Finally, she's come out of her tent of "objectivity." Her piece concluding Elian's saga shows what was of primary interest to her. It wasn't honoring the rule of law; it wasn't protecting the rights of Americans from violent attack by government agents; it wasn't reporting on Castro's brutal regime and the horrible conditions endured by the Cuban people; it wasn't determining whether a father was being coerced; and it wasn't the right of a little boy to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Ms. MacPherson's primary interest is in lifting the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Something she calls "an arcane Cold War economic policy." To do that she digs up every bit of dirt and embarassment to those who saved Elian, cared for him for five months, and fought court battles for his freedom. By doing so, she links this indiosycratic group of people to the larger Cuban American community. Ms. MacPherson brings up Marisleysis' trips to the hospital, Lazaro's DUIs (and lies by saying he's unemployed), and Donato Dalrymple's troubled personal life. While these weren't perfect people, Ms. MacPherson fails to compare Elian's situation to his life in Cuba--what

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