Academic Works

Academic works means mostly papers written during college. I’ve always felt that the great deal of time that goes into writing a decent paper, much less a truly good one, is grossly disproportional to the audience. Therefore I have determined to put a few of mine up for general perusal.

Furthering Our Understanding: How Does Chaos Theory Relate to Economics?

This was the term paper for History of Economic Thought. Rather than do something we had studied, I decided to push the boundaries a little bit and look into something that has fascinated me for a while now: chaos theory. The paper attempts to provide an overview of chaos theory and then describe possible applications to the field of economics.

The Pork Barrel as a Stopgap Measure: A Regression Analysis of Senate Elections

In 2004 alone there was $8 billion of pork barrel spending in Congress. Ever wondered what the point of all that is? This paper attempts to examine the correlation between electoral success and pork barrel spending using regression analysis.

Holiness: Against an Idea of Incommunicable Holiness

For Christian Thought we were to critique John Webster’s Holiness; this is one of those assignments when you realize that you have such a small percentage of the author’s knowledge that anything you say is likely to sound foolish. Despite that, I greatly enjoyed writing this paper because it made me think seriously about the Christian faith.

The Reality of Sin and the Existence of Freedom in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

Probably the only paper from high school that was worth saving (and, coincidentally, the only one that I saved). Though it is a research paper, it is written as a dialogue between several characters, the author, a few critics, and a modern student.