- Great piece on the US Civil War in the West Sam Kleiner, LARB
- China and the US-UK special relationship Oliver Yule-Smith, WOTR
- The future of the liberal world order Benjamin Studebaker, Aeon
- Commanding the heights of culture Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
We do little with the past when we impose the present upon it; the U.S. Civil War was not fought over slavery. Neither is Trump a conservative, is he? As the prophet spoke: Love is hate; war is peace, the lockdown is salvation from the virus and the economy is returning to normal …
Jack, the civil war wasn’t about slavery?