Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: I lost my friend and colleague Carlos “Carlitos” del Valle on Saturday, July 11, 2020. All my posts this week (except this one) are in his honor. May he never be forgotten. My second collaboration with Carlitos involved a … Continue reading →

I just wasted an hour of my day attempting to navigate the Internal Revenue Service’s “free fillable forms” website in order to file an extension on my 2019 tax return. Suffice it to say I ended up just printing the … Continue reading →

Note: This post is in honor of my dear friend and kindred spirit, Carlos “Carlitos” del Valle, who died on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Although (as I explained in a previous post) I did not meet Carlitos in person until … Continue reading →

My friend of many years Gustavo Gelpi, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, knew Carlos del Valle for even more time than I did. Judge Gelpi wrote up a short eulogy … Continue reading →

In honor of my fellow bibliophile, dear friend, and scholarly colleague, Carlos del Valle (pictured below), here is a revised excerpt from one of my papers, which was published in 2015 in a special issue of the “Revista del Colegio … Continue reading →

Below is a recent photograph of my fellow bibliophile and chess aficcionado Carlos del Valle. Alas, I learned yesterday that my dear friend, colleague, and kindred spirit has suddenly passed away, and I am literally heart-broken over this unexpected news. I … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
(a) The Good 🙂: This is by far the most entertaining book we’ve ever read explaining the evils of communism and the hypocrisy of most intellectuals. One can choose to dismiss these “big ideas” as…

Originally posted on prior probability:
We have been exploring the most original ideas and insights contained in Ayn Rand’s cult-classic Atlas Shrugged, such as the depiction of Robin Hood as an anti-hero and the comparison between trademarks and coats of…

Originally posted on prior probability:
So much has been written about Ayn Rand’s magnum opus Atlas Shrugged that we have decided to focus on the three most original insights contained in this monumental novel. (Of course, just because an idea is…

Originally posted on prior probability:
Is Robin Hood a good guy or a bad guy? Our previous post identified three original ideas in Atlas Shrugged. One of these is Ayn Rand’s revisionist critique of Robin Hood, the legendary outlaw who…