Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Update (8/17/21): I have since made substantial revisions to the paper mentioned below and have re-titled it “Lockdowns as Takings.” With the recent rash of oppressive and exemption-riddled lockdown orders being imposed across the United States again, I thought I … Continue reading →

Smith v. Rapid Transit, y’all! As you may have heard by now, SCOTUS threw out, by a vote of 7 to 2, Texas’s last-ditch effort to derail the election of former Vice President Joe Biden, but what you may not … Continue reading →

Today (12 December) is the Feast Day of the Virgen of Guadalupe, a national holiday in Mexico and one of my favorite feast days of the year! More details here, in Spanish.

Putting aside porn sites and the dark web, are we not living in an Internet “golden age” of ideas and information? Here are just a few of the excellent essays and Wikipedia entries that I randomly stumbled upon this semester: … Continue reading →

According to the map pictured below (hat tip: u/TrollBond), 43 States (in blue) have a smaller population than Los Angeles County (in red). So, why did it take some of these “blue” States, like Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, so long … Continue reading →

Below is another extended (and revised) excerpt from the latest draft of my “Adam Smith in Love” paper:

Originally posted on prior probability:
(My most sincere apologies to William Shakespeare!) Earlier today, I requested a copy of the Appendix mentioned in Paragraph 10 on pp. 6-7 of the Texas’s Attorney General’s “Motion for Leave to File Bill of…

Update: I have revised one of my conjectures about Adam Smith’s lost loves as follows: Based on the evidence presented in the first part of this paper, it is more likely than not that Doctor Smith did fall in love … Continue reading →

(My most sincere apologies to William Shakespeare!) Earlier today, I requested a copy of the Appendix mentioned in Paragraph 10 on pp. 6-7 of the Texas’s Attorney General’s “Motion for Leave to File Bill of Complaint.” (See screenshots below.) As … Continue reading →

Would you give your sweetheart plastic roses on Valentine’s Day? So, why do so many people buy fake Christmas trees? Via Zachary Crockett’s excellent essay on “The economics of Christmas trees,” which was published in The Hustle on Dec. 5, … Continue reading →