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Gone fishing …

FYI, we won’t be blogging over the Fourth of July weekend. We’ve decided to declare our independence from the Internet to spend more time with our family and friends …

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Nested promises

Have you ever noticed the fine print on some merchant receipts? Does this example of an agreement within an agreement (i.e. “I promise to keep my previous promise to pay”) make any logical sense? Does it make the original promise … Continue reading →

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Three lessons from our father

Family first. Work hard. Be loyal.

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#WeAreOrlando #SomosOrlando

Nunca te olvidaremos. We will never forget you.

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Orlando, our city, in our hearts and prayers

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Is it too late for Mitt Romney or John Kerry to run as an independent?

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Indeterminate chess rules

In the course of writing up our paper on “immoral promises,” we searched for and read the essay “Wicked Promises” by J.E.J. Altham, and in the process of obtaining Altham’s essay, we stumbled upon a short paper by Ian Hacking … Continue reading →

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Mi Antonia (mi abuela querida)

On this Mother’s Day, we wish to remember “Abuela Cuca,” our beloved maternal grandmother …

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Facebook Postscript

This semester, we reenacted many pivotal scenes from the film “The Social Network” — and we read Ben Mezrich’s book “Accidental Billionaires” on which the film is based — in order to explore in-depth many legal and ethical issues in … Continue reading →

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Greater Mexico

Today’s history lesson (via imgur) consists of an old map of the Californias (circa 1838). We tend to forget that the entire southwestern USA used to be Mexican territory before the Mexican-American War of 1848, an unjust and illegal war … Continue reading →

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