I’m finally at the end of the African book project. It took a lot longer than I thought it would. The last country on the list is also the wealthiest in Africa, the Republic of South Africa. I read Ivory From Paradise, by David Schmahmann. It’s the story of a white family that scatters from… [Read More]
Swaziland is the only absolute monarchy left in the world, and that status does not seem to be serving its subjects well. Mswati III has been king since 1986. GDP per capita is $9,800, and Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world. There are allegations that the nation’s wealth, which is also… [Read More]
I think we can learn a lot about different countries from books, movies, and songs, but obviously, we can’t learn everything. I fully understand that this African blogging project has serious limitations, but I also know that I know much more about Africa than I did when I started. And that’s good, yes? A while… [Read More]
I’m passing on this handy calendar of religious holidays, prepared by the University of Illinois at Chicago, which has astonishing diversity. What I like is the breakout of which holidays come with restrictions from work and which do not, which limits the number of excuses students can use. One of the amazing things about the… [Read More]
Last year, I had the opportunity to tour the site of the new cold-storage facility at O’Hare Airport. (Like any good writer, I took the tour without neither assignment nor deadline, and good luck getting any writer to write anything without a deadline in hand.) The tour was organized by the government of Ecuador, in… [Read More]
Hedge Funds for Dummies, 2e
My first book has been completely revised! Updated to reflect changing markets, accessible strategies through ETFs, and new potential due diligence pitfalls.
Day Trading for Dummies, 5e
With five revisions, countless interviews with successful traders, and lots of research, this is the definitive guide to getting started, managing risk, and staying in the game.