I will resume my series on my forthcoming book with Salim Rashid, Das Adam Smith Problematic? Ethics, Economics and Society, in my next post. Today, however, I want to honor the brave and idealistic men who tried to liberate their beloved Cuba on this day 65 years ago (17 April 1961), when a paramilitary force consisting of 1,400 Cuban exiles (the legendary Brigade 2506) launched their heroic but doomed attempt overthrow Fidel Castro’s dictatorship, doomed in large part because JFK cancelled crucial air strikes as the invasion was taking place. Although the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1746 Battle of Culloden (see yesterday’s post) are separated by over two centuries (or 215 years, to be exact), the eerie parallels between both “lost causes” are not lost on me. May my Cuban brothers and sisters be free and prosperous one day soon!