- Lessons on internationalism from Carl Schmitt Mark Weiner, Open Society
- Populism (and its violence) is here to stay Mark Kukis, Aeon
- How 2020 kicked classical liberalism’s ass John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- An excellent essay on Christianity and the West Andrew Klavan, City Journal
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- On Google’s new employee union Alex Press, Jacobin
- Brexit contains seeds of UK’s disintegration Andrew Hammond, SCMP
- Disruption arises from Antifragility Kevin Kallmes, NOL
- Moralism, community, and civil discourse Andrew J Cohen, RCL
Nightcap
- How Biden can future-proof America’s immigration system Shikha Dalmia, the Week
- Remembering Qassem Soleimani Rasha Al Aqeedi, Newlines
- The despair of normative realism bot Joe Carlsmith, Hands and Cities
- Tory (conservative) Brexit supporters are against Scottish independence BBC
Nightcap
- I often wonder what I’d do with my billions Stuart Emmrich, Vogue
- Paul Romer, the World Bank, and Angus Deaton’s critique of effective altruism Nick Cowen, NOL
- Blame the states for the vaccine rollout disaster Tyler Cowen, MR
- A silhouette of utopia (pdf) Aaron McKeil, International Politics
Nightcap
- Globalization: a breakthrough in ancient Greek thought Andrey Kortunov, RIAC
- Was 2020 a bad year? Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- Was 2020 a good year? Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- 2020 was a good year Charli Carpenter, Duck of Minerva
Nightcap
- “The calamities of this dreadful time” Sarah Skwire, Law & Liberty
- Collapse patchworks: a theory Chris Shaw, Libertarian Ideal
- Apocalypse never Jeremy Carl, Claremont Review of Books
- The Big Questions in economics (podcast) EconTalk
Nightcap
- 10 best history books of the decade RealClearHistory
- Learning from the past Helen Dale, Critic
- Against space exploration Kenneth Roy, Centauri Dreams
- …Happy new year!
Nightcap
- The weirdest people in the world James Crabtree, Financial Times
- Finding Mrs Dalloway Jenny Ofill, New Yorker
- Trapped by Thucydides? John Sullivan, War on the Rocks
- The emergence of globalism Or Rosenboim, In The Long Run
Nightcap
- American workers do not need unions Richard Epstein, Law & Liberty
- Subverting individualism David Henderson, EconLog
- A classic on caste in South Asia BR Ambedkar, Pragati
- Coronavirus and the seizing of property Ethan Blevins, NOL
Nightcap
- Hayek and Cassel on the Great Depression David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Giving Trump the OJ treatment Thomas Knapp, WLGC
- Liberalism in Brazil Lucas Berlanza, Econ Journal Watch
- Brazil will not become Venezuela Bruno Rosi, NOL
Nightcap
- Albert Camus and imperial nostalgia Oliver Gloag (interview), Jacobin
- The true meaning of Christmas is a cozy American worldview Paul Musgrave, Foreign Policy
- The Christmas truce of 1914 Joseph Eanett, War on the Rocks
- Is cord-cutting still worth it? Stephen Silver, 19FortyFive
Nightcap
- Merry Christmas!
Nightcap
- Informative piece on EU-UK trade deal
- Who will save the world? Ryan Davis, 200-Proof Liberals
- Is this how fascism will come to America? Scott Sumner, Money Illusion
- A middle aged Christmas Ross Douthat, NY Times
Nightcap
- The antichrist: a biography Nicola Barker, Spectator
- A lunar pandemic Dagomar Degroot, Aeon
Nightcap
- On that radio signal from Proxima Centauri Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams
- Wow! signal Wikipedia
- How far aggressive aliens? (Part 2) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Legal immigration into the United States Jacques Delacroix, NOL