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.