The US and Cuba have renewed diplomatic relations, in a deal brokered by the Pope.

The three imprisoned Cubans and American Alan Gross have been freed as part of the deal.

The Cubans were imprisoned for spying on terrorist groups harbored by the US, which planned attacks on Cuba. I supported a campaign to free them.

Alan Gross's work was also legitimate, even though the Cuba government did not like it.

Everyone: call on fast food chains not to use GM potatoes, which have not been properly tested.

Everyone: call on El Salvador to stop imprisoning women for having abortions or miscarriages.

Everyone: urge Michigan governor Snyder to veto the law to authorize religiously-motivated discrimination in Michigan.

US citizens: call on your senators to stay in Washington to confirm Obama's judicial appointments while that can still be done.

I'm not saying each and every one of them is a good choice. At least one is right-wing and should not be confirmed at all.

But in general they should be confirmed.