Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

A Sanford law student posted the satirical poster pictured below and now Stanford has put his law degree on hold. As a card-carrying member of The Federalist Society myself, I object to Stanford’s anti-free speech administrators and call on Stanford’s … Continue reading →

Or at least require full disclosure, i.e. require bots on social media platforms to self-identify as such? A Twitter bot, for example, is a type of software that controls a Twitter account without human intervention (i.e. autonomously), performing such actions … Continue reading →

One of the things I like the most about Selena: The Series on Netflix is how the series also features some of the lesser-known members of Selena’s band Los Dinos, like A.B. Quintanilla (composer and producer), Suzette Quintanilla (drums), Pete … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
In honor of Memorial Day, I won’t be blogging for the next few days. In the meantime, kindly join me in taking a moment to pause and remember the men and women of our armed…

Want to take a dip in the sky? This 82-foot long and 10-foot deep swimming pool is located in London and is suspended 110 feet off the ground. More details here, via Moss & Fog.

One of the minor irritations of living in Central Florida is the veritable orgy of annoying lawyer ads all over Orlando (#AdPorn). I always try to mentally block out these crass and ugly billboards whenever I am on the road, … Continue reading →

For this installment of my Game-Theory Thursday series (here is the previous installment), I want to feature my 2012 paper “Modelling the Coase Theorem,” which is available here via SSRN. What is so special about this paper, you might ask? … Continue reading →

Check out this unique portrait of Winston Churchill by artist Kim Jackson. Look closely, for this collage is composed entirely of cigar labels! Also, check out Kim Jackson’s website here. (Hat tip to Mark, the friendly and expert proprietor of … Continue reading →

Kris (@KrisAbdelmessih) asks, and I paraphrase, “How is Twitter disrupting academia?” Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), the world’s most prolific (and eclectic!) academic blogger, responds here. Tyler’s response, however, begs the following second-order question, Should serious academics (ha!) be on Twitter in … Continue reading →

More details about composer Karl Jenkins and his Diamond Music album are available here. (Via YouTube: “Camille et Julie Berthollet avec l’orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo dirigé par Julien Masmondet.”)