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About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

Rosa Parks: law breaker

Today, Rosa Parks is revered as “the mother of the civil rights movement.” But in the mid-1950s she was treated as a common criminal by the State of Alabama. (Pictured below is Rosa Parks’s original arrest warrant. As an aside, … Continue reading

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Atlas Shrugged: final thoughts

(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 adolescent, simplistic, or naive, but … Continue reading

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BK for SCOTUS?

We interrupt our extended review of Atlas Shrugged to say a few preliminary words about Judge Brett Kavanaugh (BK). Although we were rooting for Amy Barrett, we have nothing bad to say about BK. If confirmed by the Senate, will … Continue reading

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Sex and the market (review of Atlas Shrugged, part 3)

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 arms. But to us, the … Continue reading

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“The coats of arms of our day …” (review of Atlas Shrugged, part 2)

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 novel or new does not … Continue reading

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The logic of Robin Hood (review of Atlas Shrugged, part 1)

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 robbed from the rich and … Continue reading

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Three original ideas in Atlas Shrugged

We have been reading Ayn Rand’s magnum opus “Atlas Shrugged.” Among many other things, her monumental novel expresses three original ideas: Robin Hood was a scoundrel, not a hero. Trademarks and corporate logos (see below) are the modern equivalent of … Continue reading

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What we’ve been reading …

Atlas Shrugged is a massive tome (over 1000 pages) and a cult-classic; we will post a review soon.

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Map of Greater North Florida at a 45° angle

This beautiful map of the Florida-Georgia-Alabama line (hand-drawn by Reddit user lemastersg) has made me see my current hometown (Orlando, Fla. — Go Knights!) in a whole new geographical light!

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SCOTUS and Supermajority Voting (Wayfair, part 3)

This is our third and last post on the Wayfair case. In our previous post, we presented a “Coasean critique” of the majority’s rationale in South Dakota v. Wayfair. In brief our critique is: yes, tax loopholes are unfair to certain sectors, … Continue reading

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