Fidel and Vladimir Gundjaev
The haggard remains of Fidel Castro made headlines earlier this month for meeting with a Russian Orthodox priest in Havana.
The story was newsworthy mostly because the meeting produced the first photo of the ailing Cuban dictator since early this summer. But a larger question remained: What the heck was Castro doing palling around with Russian Orthodox priests in the first place?
In Slate today, Christopher Hitchens offers one possibility: Castro has spent a lif
