Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I will resume my series on the paradox of politics in the next day or two. Today, however, I will be attending the SpaceU Symposium at my home institution, the University of Central Florida, where I will be presenting my … Continue reading →

Last month (October 2025), I wrote up a series of blog posts on “the paradox of politics”: the perennial tension between law and liberty, coercion and consent, authority and autonomy. More specifically, I surveyed four of the greatest Anglo-American minds … Continue reading →

That is the title of this new book-length defense of space exploration, which I have also added to my ever-expanding Thanksgiving week reading list! (I had the honor of meeting the author, the legendary space activist Rick Tumlinson, at a … Continue reading →

That is the title of this paper by Namrata Goswami, a professor of space security at the USSF-Johns Hopkins University. I had the pleasure of meeting Professor Goswami at the National Space Society’s 2025 “Space Settlement Summit“, which is meeting … Continue reading →

I will begin posting a new series on “the paradox of politics” in the next day or two; in the meantime, enjoy!

Let’s take a moment to celebrate the memory of our dearly departed loved ones. Or better yet, let’s build them an ofrenda (see here)!

Today (11/1) is All Saints Day. The painting pictured below (“All Saints Day I”) is one of four works created by the great Russian avant garde artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1911 to commemorate this solemn occasion. More details here.

Mark your calendar! On Thursday, October 30th at 5:00 pm EDT, the Princeton University Press is hosting an online panel celebrating Harry Frankfurt’s classic work On Bullshit. Jaime Fernández Fisac, Elizabeth Harman, and Gideon Rosen will speak on the importance of … Continue reading →

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poème_sur_le_désastre_de_Lisbonne Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in south-western Jamaica as the strongest storm to ever hit the Caribbean island nation in modern history, brought to mind Voltaire’s poem on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. See also: “The Dialogue between Voltaire and Rousseau on … Continue reading →