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I'm Settling Down for an Election Day Nap Nov. 02, 2024
Wake me when the election is over. Actually, don't only wait until the election is over, wake me up ... Read More
Garbage In/Garbage Out Nov. 01, 2024
On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden made a joke about Puerto Rico... Read More
Donald Trump Is a Foreign Influence Oct. 31, 2024
I recently spent time flying to various regions of this country and was struck by how nice almost ev... Read More
Trump's Madison Square Garden Event: Where's the Discipline? Oct. 29, 2024
WASHINGTON — When I watched wrestler Hulk Hogan stride to the stage at Donald Trump's Sunday n... Read More
No Joke: Racist Comedian Took Cues From Trump Oct. 29, 2024
SAN DIEGO — Gracias, court jester. You may have done the country a huge favor by helping defea... Read More
The Stupid Act Mar. 01, 2023
After a recent hurricane, Puerto Ricans desperately needed fuel. Fortunately, an oil tanker was righ... Read More
High Egg Prices Really Are Just Chicken Scratch Jan. 21, 2023
Everyone's complaining about how expensive eggs have gotten lately, but I haven't been stressing. I'... Read More
Tax Freedom in Puerto Rico Aug. 03, 2022
Want to pay no federal income tax? Move to Puerto Rico. Really. If you move to the island, you can l... Read More
Puerto Rico: The Holiday Island with the World's Longest Christmas Season, Part II Jan. 08, 2022
After nearly four centuries of colonial rule under Catholic Spain, in 1899 Puerto Rico became a U.S.... Read More
Puerto Rico Has the World's Longest Christmas Season, Part I Dec. 25, 2021
It is not entirely clear to me how they figure it out and with such precision, but polls and country... Read More
The Ajiaco, the Cuban Sandwich, Masa Carnica and other Cuban/Caribbean Foods for Thought, Part 4 Nov. 13, 2021
As we saw in previous segments of this multipart column, early in the colonial era, plantains displa... Read More
The Ajiaco, the Cuban Sandwich, Masa Carnica and other Cuban/Caribbean Foods for Thought, Part 3 Nov. 06, 2021
"BLACK FOODS" Throughout the history of African slavery, masters and overseers largely determined th... Read More
My Offshore Library: University of Puerto Rico, 1978-1985 (Part II) May. 01, 2021
In 1976, Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg delighted readers with his oddly titled book "Il formaggio... Read More
Should We Get Married or Continue Living Together? Part II: Puerto Rico's Never-Ending Status Question Nov. 21, 2020
Allow me to resume the analogy of a human couple. Puerto Rico's Independence Party advocates separat... Read More
Should We Get Married or Continue Living Together? The Stormy Statehood Romance between Puerto Rico and Washington and Congress (Part I) Nov. 14, 2020
On the long, unforgettable evening of Nov. 3, while millions of Americans were nervously glued to th... Read More
The Multi-Plagued Island of Puerto Rico, Its Expanding Diaspora and the 2020 Elections Sep. 26, 2020
Puerto Rico is in the throes of a prolonged, seemingly unsolvable, multifaceted crisis. The catalogu... Read More
Should Puerto Rico Be Granted Statehood? Nov. 25, 2019
The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act would require a vote by Congress. There are more Puerto Ric... Read More
Should Puerto Rico Be Granted Statehood? Nov. 19, 2019
There are more Puerto Ricans in Florida than in any state — more than New York. The trend has ... Read More
Short Takes on Kids as Collateral and CNN's Non-News Hype Jul. 29, 2019
Kids as Collateral "Repo men" are folks who contract with banks and debt collectors to repossess goo... Read More
'They' Are Americans Apr. 04, 2019
More than a decade ago, when I was a reporter at The Plain Dealer, management invited a number of us... Read More
