Akrasia

Nate Oman’s personal blog

Prediction Markets and the Palin Pick

Nate Oman | August 29, 2008

How Big Should a Country Be?

Nate Oman | August 29, 2008

Investing in Africa

Nate Oman | August 29, 2008

Obama’s Secret Identity Revealed!

Nate Oman | August 28, 2008

The Evolution of the Political Spot

Nate Oman | August 27, 2008

Evil Speaking

Nate Oman | August 21, 2008

In the Old Testament God likens his relationship to the House of Israel as that of a bridegroom to his wife. In the New Testament, the Church is described as the bride of Christ. The choice of the image of marriage, it seems to me, is hardly accidental. It provides, I think, [...]

My Williamsburg Discrimination Story

Nate Oman | August 19, 2008

Adam’s post about the California Supreme Court’s recent decision, and the resulting brawl in the comments got me thinking about the basis of discrimination. In 1998, while I was a senior at BYU I spent a semester in Williamsburg, Virginia doing research in the archives at the College of William and Mary. The [...]