A Tragic Tale of Loss
There was one chapter in my last book, The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times, that was emotionally wrenching for me to write....
Liberty, and a life, cut short
For the TLS in London, I reviewed David Hoffman's powerful book on Oswaldo Paya' and the future that Cuba might have had. ...
Is Cuba American?
In her superb new book, Cuban-American historian Ada Ferrer lays out the conjoined history of Cuba and the United States, and much of it...
A column is more than a headline
My recent column in the Los Angeles Times seems to have angered lots of people--just as I hoped it would. However, most of the people I...
Are we making things worse?
You can read the entire column here: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-03-23/grocery-rationing-cuba-libreta