Nightcap

  1. William T. Sherman’s reputation precedes him Susan-Mary Grant, History Today
  2. The urgency of racial disparities Arnold Kling, askblog
  3. On Marxist Tories Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. The theological roots of the secular world order Nathaniel Peters, Law & Liberty

Nightcap

  1. Adele and the local nature of social norms Lauren Hall, RCL
  2. The evolution of a legal rule (pdf) Niblett, et al, Journal of Legal Studies
  3. Covid and the counterfactual, and the longer term Eric Crampton, Offsetting Behaviour
  4. The last great theorist of history Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Aeon

Nightcap

  1. On cancel culture Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  2. Why I lean libertarian Arnold Kling, askblog
  3. Colonialism and economic development Lipton Matthews, Mises Wire
  4. Speculation about Greece and Turkey Koert Debeuf, EUObserver

Nightcap

  1. New York’s second “Drop Dead” moment is here Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism
  2. Modi takes another step towards a ‘Hindu India’ Mohamed Zeeshan, Haaretz
  3. Prospects for an independent Kurdistan Mohammad Kareem, LSE
  4. No sex please, this is Korea Colin Marshall, Los Angeles Review of Books

Nightcap

  1. The state of African literature Saint & Shringarpure, Africa is a Country
  2. Du passé faisons table rase Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. Roger Taney’s statue (Dred Scott) Damon Root, Reason
  4. The Ottoman Empire and its Arab nationalists Christopher Clark, New Statesman

Nightcap

  1. Accumulation and its discontents (“stuff”) Astrid Van Oyen, Aeon
  2. How the U.S. won the war against Japan? Mark Perry, NY Times
  3. On right-wing populism and democracy John Lloyd, Quillette
  4. Has self-awareness gone too far in fiction? Katy Waldman, New Yorker

Nightcap

  1. Black, blank squares Megan Ward, Los Angeles Review of Books
  2. Why retired generals can’t avoid the parties Luke Schumacher, WOTR
  3. Forgive and be free Nathaniel Wade, Aeon
  4. The Left’s anti-constitutionalism John McGinnis, Law & Liberty

Nightcap

  1. The politics of life and death Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  2. Race in America: a cunning invention Bruno Maçães, Noema
  3. The conditions of responsible citizenship JP Messina, RCL
  4. Pompeo and circumstances Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth

Nightcap

  1. Wonderful news about Africa
  2. The Boomer and the Millenial Arnold Kling, askblog
  3. Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative strategic? Abhijnan Rej, Diplomat

Nightcap

  1. Military alliances and lessons for collective action (pdf) Hartley & Sandler, JEL
  2. Federations, coalitions, and risk diversification (pdf) Chiang & Mahmud, PC
  3. How dirty and stinky were medieval cities? Elise Kjørstad, sciencenorway
  4. America’s postwar world order in transition (pdf) G John Ikenberry, IRA-P

Nightcap

  1. NYC public schools Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
  2. The realism of magic John Gray, New Statesman
  3. How the Black Sea shaped the ancient Mediterranean world Douglas Boin, History Today
  4. How not to read Bernard Bailyn Asheesh Siddique, Age of Revolutions

Nightcap

  1. Expanding the Liberty Canon: Aristotle Barry Stocker, NOL
  2. Expanding the Liberty Canon: Rome and Carthage in the Histories of Polybius Barry Stocker, NOL
  3. Expanding the Liberty Canon: Cicero’s On the Republic Barry Stocker, NOL
  4. Florentine Liberty II: Guicciardini, Dialogue on the Government of Florence Barry Stocker, NOL

Nightcap

  1. Trump and the liberal international order (pdf) Doug Stokes, IA
  2. Goodbye — sort of — to Germany? Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
  3. The failure of global liberal hegemony David Gordon, The Austrian
  4. Liberty displaced Daniel McCarthy, Modern Age

Nightcap

  1. The libertarian personality Arnold Kling, askblog
  2. The decline of the West – new and improved Josef Joffe, American Interest
  3. When a civilization retreats Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
  4. Cents and sensibility Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling

Nightcap

  1. Views of the afterlife in early Christianity Rachel Ashcroft, History Today
  2. A much darker view of the Renaissance John T Scott, Los Angeles Review of Books
  3. They’re not sending their best” John Davidson, Claremont Review of Books
  4. More American sublime Simon Schama, Financial Times