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If you use a Fitbit or Apple Watch or other similar device to monitor your exercise, diet, or sleep routines, then you already know that those devices generate a lot of data about the state of your health, including weight/body … Continue reading →

Today is Jamaica Independence Day 🇯🇲, and my youngest daughter Adys Ann turns seven today …

Although his decision to invade Iraq was probably the single-worst decision in our nation’s history, I have to hand it to George W. Bush (a fugitive war criminal), his eulogy for John Lewis was one of the best …

I will be attending the annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) this week. Among other things, I will be presenting my work-in-progess “Breaking Bad Promises” on Monday morning, August 3. (See top screenshot, which is … Continue reading →

The Two Italies: how Italians voted in 1946 to choose between Republic (Blue) and Monarchy (Red).

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will be screening the film noir classic “Double Indemnity” on Saturday night at 10:00 PM Eastern. Need I say more?

It’s the first of the month–time to break out an old hip hop classic. On a more serious note, my university courses are scheduled to begin later this month (on August 24, to be exact), but as of today I … Continue reading →

Check out this recent review by John Paul Rathbone, writing for The Financial Times (my favorite newspaper, by the way), of Anthony DePalma’s latest book “The Cubans: Life in a World of Lost Charisma.” This beautiful book contains a collection … Continue reading →

Yulier P. is the nom de guerre of the Cuban graffiti artist Yulier Rodriguez Perez (@yuliergraffiticuba). I featured some of his art on this blog last year (see here and here, for example). He was recently interviewed by Diario de … Continue reading →