Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Updated (9/26): I am interrupting my series of posts on illicit promises to place a bet on whether President Donald J. Trump will be impeached before 12/31/19. According to this report by Ben Winck, for example, the odds of President … Continue reading →

When is an illicit promise morally or legally binding? Perhaps the most famous fictional illicit promise of all time is the one that appears in William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. (I am indebted to my friend and colleague Nate Oman, … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I posed the following moral paradox: when is an illicit promise morally binding? In my next few posts, I will present three concrete examples of illicit promises: (1) usurious payday loans in the case of Buckeye … Continue reading →

As per this tweet, William Gibson wrote his 1984 science fiction novel Neuromancer on this vintage typewriter. Generally speaking, which method of writing is better? Typewriters or word processors?

More details here (hat tip @kottke).

Maybe. Although the Patriots finally cut Antonio Brown from the team, Kristian Dyer explains in this Fox Business report why Bob Kraft might still have to pay Brown the first part of his signing bonus ($5 million USD). Because this … Continue reading →

That is the title of my latest work in progress, which is about the moral and legal status of illicit promises, defined broadly as promises to perform illegal or immoral acts. (Shout out to my colleague and friend Dan O’Gorman … Continue reading →

I am happy to report that my short piece “Kant on Evidence: A Hypothetical Reply to Kerr” will finally be published in Volume 22, Issue #4 of The Green Bag (2d Series), which also happens to be my all-time favorite … Continue reading →

Check out this essay by Minda Zetlin explaining the ordering of adjectives. Among other things, her essay brought Mark Forsyth’s beautiful book The Elements of Eloquence to our attention. In his book (see screenshot below) Forsyth gives the following memorable example … Continue reading →