Scott Locklin
Scott Locklin works on quantitative finance problems in Berkeley, California, but has lately been considering emigrating to America.
District of Corruption
Turned by the SpooksJune 18, 2013 One of the upsides to living in the panopticon is the ability to call powerful |
Scandal
Hiding in Plain SightJune 10, 2013 Thanks to the UK Guardian, everyone now knows the NSA is spying on US citizens. |
Home Front
They Say They Want a RevolutionJune 06, 2013 According to Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind survey, 29% of US |
Public Nuisances
Nerds Behaving BadlyMarch 27, 2013 The “microaggressions” website reads like comedy. It is pathetic and funny, |
Sports
Wrestling Gets Tapped Out of the OlympicsFebruary 21, 2013 The sport of wrestling has suffered a slow decline over the last 100 years. |
Deep Thoughts
When Atheists Are A+holesFebruary 11, 2013 Fifty percent of Americans think atheists are a pain in the ass. Only half as |
Politics
The Scum at the Surface of the Black LagoonAugust 20, 2012 Most sensible Americans agree that foreign lobbyists are a pox on the nation, |
Ahhh!!!
A Short Guide to Leftist Conspiracy TheoriesJuly 23, 2012 Wallowing in their feelings of superiority over the tinfoil-helmet brigade, the |
Energy
Higgs BoredomJuly 17, 2012 The possible discovery of the Higgs boson was announced on the Fourth of July. |
Economic Crisis
Stimu-liars and the Stimu-lies They TellJuly 02, 2012 In the abstract world of economic thought, certain abstract thinkers have come |
Russia Watch
Romney: Wrong on RussiaJune 25, 2012 Mitt Romney has gone on record with the crackpot idea that the Russians are |
Home Front
Good News for Chicken LittleJune 23, 2012 In these dark days of the republic, sourpusses abound. Less than a third of the |
Evolution
Christian ScienceMay 08, 2012 I’m not religious, nor am I a proponent of intelligent design (ID). But I am |
Real Estate
Fantasy Island, Libertarian StyleApril 23, 2012 The modern age offers no refuge from the state. The world’s habitable |
All About Me
Digging Up My Roots With a Cyber-ShovelApril 12, 2012 In The Odyssey, Theoclymenus asks of Telemachus, “Among men, who are you? |
Education
Old English v. New ElitesMarch 29, 2012 Intelligent people worry that our new “meritocratic” elite may become a |
Ahhh!!!
The Corporate Personhood DelusionMarch 11, 2012 Across the nation, the question resounds: “Are corporations people?” To a man |
Politics
Why Democrats Lost the Redneck VoteFebruary 29, 2012 From Francis Fukuyama to Barack Obama to The New Yorker, nobody to the left of |
Lit Crit
The Neocons’ Intellectual CodpieceJanuary 24, 2012 My first exposure to Straussian ideas was in college via a photocopy handout of |
Knock Off
Consumer Culture’s Top Five FailuresJanuary 09, 2012 This is the time of year when we celebrate the national religion of |
Tech Overload
The Golden Dodo Bird in the SkyJanuary 01, 2012 The F-35 is the latest marvel brought to us by the military-industrial complex. |
Commerce
The Problem With Global FinanceDecember 07, 2011 The present European financial crisis seems absurdly complicated to the outside |
Rocket Science
Gaia-UnfriendlyNovember 25, 2011 A few years ago I received a telephone call from a college fundraising creep |
Bravery Hurts
Never Trust Anyone Who Hasn’t Been Punched in the FaceSeptember 07, 2011 Conservatives like to talk about the causes of Western Civilization’s |
Blogosphere
Twilight of the SkepticsJuly 12, 2011 One of the things I miss about academia is the spectacle of alleged savants |
Public Nuisances
Tips for Big BabiesJune 09, 2011 While I’m all for increased awareness of modern America’s sexual dimorphism |