Scott Locklin 
Scott Locklin works on quantitative finance problems in Berkeley, California, but has lately been considering emigrating to America.
Evolution
Christian ScienceI’m not religious, nor am I a proponent of intelligent design (ID). But I am amused by |
Real Estate
Fantasy Island, Libertarian StyleThe modern age offers no refuge from the state. The world’s habitable unpopulated |
All About Me
Digging Up My Roots With a Cyber-ShovelIn The Odyssey, Theoclymenus asks of Telemachus, “Among men, who are you? Tell me |
Education
Old English v. New ElitesIntelligent people worry that our new “meritocratic” elite may become a hereditary |
Ahhh!!!
The Corporate Personhood DelusionAcross the nation, the question resounds: “Are corporations people?” To a man of strict |
Politics
Why Democrats Lost the Redneck VoteFrom Francis Fukuyama to Barack Obama to The New Yorker, nobody to the left of Joe |
Lit Crit
The Neocons’ Intellectual CodpieceMy first exposure to Straussian ideas was in college via a photocopy handout of |
Knock Off
Consumer Culture’s Top Five FailuresThis is the time of year when we celebrate the national religion of consumerism. Future |
Tech Overload
The Golden Dodo Bird in the SkyThe F-35 is the latest marvel brought to us by the military-industrial complex. It’s |
Commerce
The Problem With Global FinanceThe present European financial crisis seems absurdly complicated to the outside |
Rocket Science
Gaia-UnfriendlyA few years ago I received a telephone call from a college fundraising creep looking |
Bravery Hurts
Never Trust Anyone Who Hasn’t Been Punched in the FaceConservatives like to talk about the causes of Western Civilization’s downfall: |
Blogosphere
Twilight of the SkepticsOne of the things I miss about academia is the spectacle of alleged savants fighting |
Public Nuisances
Tips for Big BabiesWhile I’m all for increased awareness of modern America’s sexual dimorphism crisis, |
Vile Bodies
In Praise of Hypocrisy“Hypocrisie est un hommage que la vice rend à la vertu.” La Rochefoucauld was right. |
Home Front
RobocrapThe Detroit RoboCop statue is a fitting cenotaph for the end of America, a goofy metal |
History
My Dinner With Vilfredo ParetoMy list of historical personages I’d invite to a dinner party doesn’t include any of |
Tech Overload
Google as Fat ElvisEvery company—no matter how trendy or cool, no matter how many Goth girls on |
Women
Miss…or Mr. America?The 2011 Miss America contest provides an object lesson in the decline of American |
Moolah
Standing Up to the OligarchsMuch ink has been spilled scapegoating the various newfangled nerdy types known as |
History
When Man Invented SciencePope Benedict’s trip to Ole Blighty is over, and that sanctimonious gasbag Dawkins |
Sex
AskMen.com’s Top Babes: Ravishing or Roadkill?Every year, AskMen.com comes out with a list of the “top 99 most desirable women.” |
Zeitgeist
Stuff White People LikeA Genealogy of Morals One of my fundamental beliefs about culture and humanity is that |
History
The Dawn of DecadenceOne of the wheezes I get from my leftist friends in Berkeley is how highly evolved |
Zeitgeist
The Myth of Technological ProgressMany of you will still be alive in 50 years. It’s interesting to think about what life |
Zeitgeist
Chauvinism for SissiesMad Men is one of those historical TV shows which is pleasant to look at, but has |