Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

On this day (September 28) in 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy. Here, however, is a defense of flogging. See also this short essay … Continue reading →

That is the title of this City Journal obituary of the North American philosopher and logician Saul A. Kripke, who died earlier this month at the age of 81 and whose most influential work were his 1970 lectures on “Naming … Continue reading →

Alternative title: love in outer space

I am following the development a new tropical storm in the Caribbean very closely. (This storm is expected to make landfall somewhere on the Florida peninsula next week.) What if, instead of taking the average of all the weather models … Continue reading →

I nominate John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” (P.S.: Here is the full album.)

Although neither Tyler Cowen nor I have ever been to the island of Martha’s Vineyard (or what I prefer to call “NIMBY Island“), I found his take on “The Martha’s Vineyard saga” to be well worth reading.

Originally posted on prior probability:
Those are the opening words of the 1978 song “September” by one of the greatest North American bands of all time: Earth, Wind & Fire. For me, this song brings back so many beautiful memories…

That is the day the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. will be hosting a conference on “New Challenges to the Free Economy”–challenges from both the Progressive Left and the Populist Right. This all-day conference will bring together leading economists such … Continue reading →

That is the conclusion of this new research paper by Eric Martinez (MIT), Frances Mollica (Edinburgh), and Edward Gibson (MIT). Their fancy paper is awkwardly titled “Poor writing, not specialized concepts, drives processing difficulty in legal language,” so I am … Continue reading →

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