“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Why you should not major in Economics

It is a matter of no small pride to my family that I graduated from one of the world’s best universities with a degree in Mathematics and Economics and with good grades. Yet, I have apologised, at least twice, to my father for spending rather a lot of his money...

Come and get them!

In the wake of the Newtown shootings, there have been numerous calls for gun control, using the exact same tired, emotion-based, logic-free arguments that I’ve been seeing for years on the subject. I’ve gotten into heated arguments with my own family on...