- 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
Author: Brandon Christensen
Nightcap
- Israel’s annexation plans and the United States Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Opium: from vice to crime in European empires Diana Kim, Aeon
- An interview with John Stuart Mill Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals
- Is the left reclaiming freedom and anti-statism from the right? Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
Nightcap
- The Harpers free speech letter and controversy Tyler Cowen, MR
- The Religious Roots of a New Progressive Era Ross Douthat, NYT
- America, China, and the Dark Forest Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg
- Don’t confuse reality with science fiction Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
Nightcap
- On being black in Europe Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
- Prudence, protests, and pandemics Greg Weiner, National Affairs
- Cambodia’s first national health service? Joanna Wolfarth, History Today
- Between German culture and Nazi culture Moritz Föllmer, OUPblog
From the Comments: Nationalism, conspiracy theories
Isn’t nationalism itself a sort of conspiracy theory?
This is from longtime reader (and honored guest) Jack Curtis.
Nightcap
- Unbundling the police in Venice Beach Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
- Violent protest and harmful intent Fernando R. Tesón, 200-Proof Liberals
- Israeli annexation, Palestinian resistance Tareq Baconi, NY Review of Books
- Statues are not history; rather, its opposite Simon Schama, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Toward scientific civilization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- We colonize the sun first Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- What it means to me to be an American Ken White, Popehat
- Nationalist conspiracies Siniša Malešević, Disorder of Things
Nightcap
- The American Parade Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- The Rabbit Outbreak Susan Orlean, New Yorker
- Why Gregory Bateson Matters Ted Gioia, LARB
- America Since the Sixties Timothy Crimmins, AA
Nightcap
- One nation’s heroes are another’s war criminals (statues) Clare Mulley, Spectator
- Unraveling the mindset of victimhood Scott Kaufman, Scientific American
- The rage machine comes to St. Louis Jerry Taylor, Niskanen Center
- Morals, politics, and evolutionary drift Federico Sosa Valle, NOL
Nightcap
- Annexation as a policy issue is here to stay Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Ashoka’s moral empire Sonam Kachru, Aeon
- Against damnation (is hell Christian?) Michael Robbins, Bookforum
- Lockdown among Stamford Hill’s Haredi community Toby Lichtig, TLS
Nightcap
- A leftist take on Espinoza v. Montana Mark Stern, Slate
- A conservative take on Espinoza v. Montana Ed Whelan, NR
- Tacitus on political authoritarianism Iskander Rehman,WOTR
- Tacitus on barbarian liberty Barry Stocker, NOL
Nightcap
- The legacy of Wounded Knee Christopher Flannery, Claremont Review of Books
- Breaking the system Rachel Lu, Law & Liberty
- The man who reinvented India Kapil Komireddi, the Critic
- Woodrow Wilson’s ghost Ross Douthat, New York Times
Nightcap
- Vienna: city of paradox Alexander Carpenter, Aeon
- The Vienna of Ludwig von Mises Schulak & Unterköfler, Mises Daily
- Empire of Abstraction: British anthropology Nile Davies, JHIblog
- Wealth and the life cycle Eric Crampton, Offsetting Behaviour
Nightcap
- Why are the police in charge of road safety? Alex Tabarrok, MR
- Is decentralization overrated? Jason Sorens, Pileus
- Can corruption be good for growth? Brank Milanovic, globalinequality
- What is the relationship between urban change and the ship of Theseus? Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
PS: I’m back from vacation. Hope y’all enjoyed yourselves while I was gone.
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