Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

According to this gated paper by Cher Li, an assistant professor of economics at Colorado State University, and Basit Zafar, a professor of economics at Arizona State University, “male students are 18.6 percent more likely than female students to receive … Continue reading →

Via POLITICO: Each circle represents the difference in votes between the winner and the runner-up in each one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Larger circles indicate a larger gap between the first- and second-place candidates.

Candidate Votes Percent Bernie Sanders 0 0.00% Other 0 0.00% Michael Bennet 0 0.00% Tulsi Gabbard 0 0.00% John K Delaney 0 0.00% Amy Klobuchar 0 0.00% Elizabeth Warren 0 0.00% Joe Biden 0 0.00% Pete Buttigieg 0 0.00% Andrew … Continue reading →

What is a caucus, you ask? It is a highly interactive and time-consuming method of voting. According to this excellent step-by-step explanation by Dominico Montanaro (via NPR), here is what is supposed to happen in each of Iowa’s 1765 electoral … Continue reading →

If you are in the Orlando area, skip Disney and visit the Orlando Museum of Art instead. OMA is featuring a special exhibit on The Florida Highwaymen, a remarkable group of Afro-American painters from Ft Pierce, Florida who revolutionized the … Continue reading →

If you don’t speak Spanish, you are missing out! (Kobe had five championship rings; the sixth ring in this moving musical tribute refers to Kobe’s wedding ring.) Update: here is a decent English translation of Bad Bunny’s lyrics.

Today (1/28) is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, who made many contributions to natural law theory. In addition, Aquinas attempted to synthesize the ideas of Aristotle with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The YouTube video below … Continue reading →