A group of Manhattan public high-school students and a history teacher with a soft spot for Cuba flouted federal travel restrictions by taking a spring-break field trip to the communist nation – and now face up to $65,000 apiece in fines, The Post has learned. ~The New York Post

A few points: the teacher was foolish to organise such a trip, knowing full well as she must that they would be in violation of federal law.  The parents who must have consented to their children going on such a trip are even more foolish.  The principal who had to have authorised the trip and has since started denying all knowledge is still more foolish.  The laws restricting travel to Cuba are the most foolish thing in this story, since there is actually no good reason why these restrictions remain in place today.  Why should it be illegal for these students to go to Cuba?