Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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 →

Hat tip: @ChristinaLauren. The complete thread as well as pictures of additional pencil grips are available here.

Originally posted on prior probability:
Hat tip: AJgloe

I guess my alma mater, UC Santa Barbara (#GauchoForLife), wasn’t part of the UC system back then. Hat tip: u/Petrarch1603, via Reddit.

… This is what I want for Christmas, along with two boxes of Avo cigars (robustos) and two bottles of Woodford Reserve. (One box/bottle for home; the other for the office!) More details here.

On this day (5 December) in 1933, the 21st Amendment was offcially ratified. This was the historic constitutional amendment that repealed the Puritancial and paternalistic 18th Amendment, which had mandated a nationwide prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and sale of … Continue reading →

Check out the map pictured below depicting the results of the 2020 presidential election by county or parish. (Hat tip: u/natanel_thicc, via Reddit.) In other words, if the Electoral College were tied to local counties instead of States, President Trump … Continue reading →

Bush and Blair are war criminals and deserve to spend the rest of their lives rotting in a jail cell. Yeah, I have not forgotten about the Iraq War, and if I ever meet either of these smug assholes in … Continue reading →