- A personal survey of nationalisms John Kampfner, Guardian
- Tyler Cowen on the Harper’s free speech letter Michael Young, Policy of Truth
- A great example of the old way to think about reparations Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
- Soviet ideology and the reindeer at the end of the world Bathsheba Demuth, Emergence
“Soviet Ideology …”:
“‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Excellent!