Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Bye bye, February! In honor of the shortest month of the year, below is a brief listing of my most succinct scholarly works: Kant on Evidence: A Hypothetical Reply to Kerr, a three-paragraph comment letter published in the summer 2019 … Continue reading →

Although I hate to be “that guy” — and I am rooting for the Ukrainians to repel their Russian invaders — few people “north of the border” like to be reminded of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), which was an illegal … Continue reading →

Putin is not the only world leader who has ordered an unjustified “special military operation” in violation of international law. The late Bush Senior ordered an old school military invasion of Panama in December 1989 in order to depose General … Continue reading →

Did you know the tallest standing wooden structure in Europe is the Gliwice Radio Tower (118 metres or 387 feet) and that this historic radio tower was the scene of the Gleiwitz incident on 31 August 1939? You can read … Continue reading →

Check out this beautiful essay by Jake Rossen, which is titled “The Enduring Mystery of the Oreo Cookie Design” (hat tip: @pickover).

Hello, fellow Earthlings! I now want to conclude my multi-part series on the problem of misinformation (see here, here, here, and here) by posing a simple rhetorical question: What’s so bad about misinformation and conspiracy theories and the like? After … Continue reading →

Is the marketplace of ideas broken? My colleagues David Pozen (Columbia), Yochai Benkler (Harvard), and Amy Kapczynsky (Yale) all seem to think so. I already dispatched Pozen and Benkler’s proposed cures — Pozen wants more big tech censorship (see here), … Continue reading →

Happy 2/2/22! Last week, I reviewed two of three essays published by the Knight First Amendment Institute on the marketplace of ideas, one by David Pozen; the other by Yochai Benkler. In summary, both Pozen and Benkler blame social media … Continue reading →