Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

You may have heard that a state judge in Oklahoma found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries legally liable for their role in Oklahoma’s so-called “opioid crisis.” In brief, the case against Johnson & Johnson was brought by the Attorney … Continue reading →

That is the title of this paper by Michael Makowsky, Thomas Stratmann, and Alex Tabarrok, who present a stinging critique of “revenue-driven law enforcement,” i.e. police departments acting as stealth tax collectors for local governments. Below is a listing of … Continue reading →

According this chart, there were only 130 websites in 1993, the year I graduated from law school. Today, 26 years later, there are over 1.7 billion websites! (Query: does this astronomical number include the “deep web”?) As a result, given … Continue reading →

For my 51st birthday (25 August), I invite you–family, friends, or students–to take the fun, five-minute Lego train ride posted above; it’s the music video for Anna Meredith’s latest composition “Paramour.” More details here. Hat tip: @kottke.

How do you create a biased coin? With pliers! Via Mike Izbicki, who teaches mathematics at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), coin “0” pictured above is unbiased, but coins 1 through 6 were bent to various degrees using a pair of … Continue reading →

Daniel Pantaleo is the racist police officer who was caught on video using excessive force (an illegal chokehold) against Eric Garner five years ago. Although Pantaleo’s excessive use of force led to Mr Garner’s death, in order to be charged … Continue reading →

How would we pay for these Utopian schemes? Here is one possibility: What if we just eliminated all military spending and Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid entitlements and used those monies to finance a UBI for the USA? Let’s do … Continue reading →

The world’s wealthiest family are the third-generation heirs of Sam Walton. Collectively, they own a 50% stake in Walmart. More mind-boggling are these numbers from this recent Bloomberg report: the members of the Walton clan are so wealthy they amass … Continue reading →