- Keen insights into American Higher Ed Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- About a possibly divine boy William Deresiewicz, Atlantic
- Warlike democracies Michael Federici, Modern Age
- In praise of grand strategy Ehrhardt & Ryan, War on the Rocks
Author: Brandon Christensen
Nightcap
- The seen and the unseen Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Donald Trump doesn’t want authority Ross Douthat, New York Times
- Richard Rorty as a post-Straussian David Kretz, JHIblog
- Ancient and modern liberty Daniel Mahoney, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- Can UBI fix the coronavirus crisis? Gian Volpicelli, Wired
- Why the US jobless surge is worse than in Europe Gavyn Davies, Financial Times
- Are there laws of history? Amanda Rees, Aeon
- How Modi turned Covid-19 into a cash machine Kapil Komireddi, the Critic
Nightcap
- Praise for John Calvin Batchelor Anahad O’Connor, NY Times
- The resentment of the creative class Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- The return of anti-communism Francis Sempa, RealClearHistory
- John Rawls and the God Trick Susan Bandt, Commonweal
Nightcap
- The South Korean massacres in the Vietnam War Hoang Do, Diplomat
- It’s time to democratize the workplace, too Ingrid Robeyns, Crooked Timber
- Inheritance, marriage and swindle: the three ways to the top Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- The specters of comparison Michael Rothberg, Latitude
Nightcap
- Kid culture: American life and its neontocracy Sarah Menkedick, Aeon
- The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution, 1500-1800 Jonathan Clark, History Today
- How to think about human diversity without hierarchy Kwame Appiah, NYRB
- This is the best left-wing essay on capitalism I’ve read in years Jodi Dean, LARB
Nightcap
- How to be wrong Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Here’s what 30% unemployment looks like Nicholas Smith, Boston Review
- Welcome to Fascistville Mario Carrillo, The Long Run
- Khrushchev’s Great American Road Trip Angela Brintlinger, Origins
Nightcap
- Professional Libertarians and the posts they delete Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Small business, bankruptcy, and the Federal Reserve George Selgin, Alt-M
- This is the best left-wing essay on capitalism I’ve read in years Jodi Dean, LARB
- Iraq has a new government Douglas Ollivant, War on the Rocks
Nightcap
- Will COVID-19 be a generation-defining event? Peter Nelson, Power & Market
- The inner life of American communism Corey Robin, the Nation
- San Francisco’s vision of progress and freedom Michael Gibson, City Journal
- More on the “public” in “public choice” Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
Nightcap
- Deepak Lal: Rest In Peace Kapil Komireddi, The Critic
- Why the French Revolution was so important Robert Blackman, Age of Revolutions
- The limits of fiction Katherine Voyles, War on the Rocks
- “Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism” Stuart Jeffries, Financial Times
Nightcap
- On Scialabba’s How to be Depressed Morten Høi Jensen, American Interest
- More on the Jersey surge (philosophy and journalism) Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Big government is not the solution, it’s the problem Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The future that we won’t have (bitter) Arnold Kling, askblog
Be Our Guest (Sunday Poetry): “The Tyrant’s Burden”
Our latest Be Our Guest post comes from poet N.D.Y. Romanfort, and it’s great. So great, in fact, that I’m taking liberties in regards to Alex’s “Sunday Poetry” series and sharing Romanfort’s poem today. An excerpt:
Shoulder the Tyrant’s Burden-
Yield to “expert” decree-
3 Lettered Health Institutes
Control mind and body-
Free thinking doctors? They’re called
Medical Heretics-
Big Tech will silence their noise,
Thus, public thought is fixed.
Please, read the rest. And if you’ve got something to say and no place to say it, Be Our Guest.
Nightcap
- The separate worlds of Covid-19 Leah Windsor, Duck of Minerva
- Whose freedom? Anti-lockdown protests Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
- The glory—and risk—of cities Joel Kotkin, City Journal
- Still don’t believe in aliens? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- When do emergency measures turn into dangerous government overreach? Jonathan Wolff, Times Literary Supplement
- A philosophy of fear – and a society of scolds Daniel McCarthy, Modern Age
- The perils of lockdown living Sayed Kashua, New York Review of Books
- It’s time to take UFOs seriously Alexander Wendt (interview), Vox
Nightcap
- Too soon for a coronavirus commission Erik Dahl, Duck of Minerva
- What will become of Europe? Carson Holloway, Law & Liberty
- Literature and inequality Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Technocrats and class Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
Notes On Liberty 