Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Because of our lifelong fascination with classical legal and religious texts like the Twelve Tables of ancient times and the Ten Commandments of biblical times–and with the rules and methods of interpretation of such texts–, we stumbled upon Steven D. … Continue reading →

Florida has more forest cover than Colorado! (For an explanation, check out this thread on Reddit; hat tip: danyellan.)

According to various reports (just google the words “Jameis” and “Uber”), the ride-sharing firm Uber listened to its driver and banned NFL quarterback and accused rapist Jameis Winston from using their service. The driver, however, did not file a police … Continue reading →

0 to 100 km/h in 1.9 sec pic.twitter.com/xTOTDGuwQj — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 17, 2017

Hat tip: GScottCork, via Reddit

Bill Clinton should have resigned. (Updated Nov 19: a milder example of whiggism.) Below the fold, #Irony …

Check out this excellent essay by art critic Jerry Saltz, via Vulture. According to Mr Saltz, the newly-discovered Leonardo da Vinci painting (pictured below), which was sold for over $450 million, is most likely a sham.

David Singh Grewal, a law professor at Yale, and Jedediah Purdy, a law professor at Duke, recently posted this critique of law school education on their “Law and Political Economy” blog, using the famous “Coase theorem” as their straw man. In their … Continue reading →