- The Old Normal Andrew Bacevich, Harper’s
- “Iran Doesn’t Want War but has a big appetite for risk” War on the Rocks
- Nice try, economists Arnold Kling, askblog
- Against “aggregate demand” Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
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Nightcap
- Rand Paul tests positive for coronavirus Bresnahan & Ferris, Politico
- The urgent lessons of World War I Brian Frydenborg, Modern War Institute
- Underestimating China Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Albania was not a True Communist country during the Cold War Griselda Qosja, Jacobin
Nightcap
- Four types of labor and the epidemic Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Republicans, Democrats, and coronavirus Ronald Brownstein, Atlantic
- War with Iran: Regrets only Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Taiwan’s robust constitutionalism and coronavirus Wen-Chen Chang, Verfassungsblog
Nightcap
- Keith Hart (economic anthropologist), RIP Cultural Anthropology
- Do you feel lucky, punk? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- From nation-states to interstellar civilization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- “Under the Virus’s Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies” NYT
Nightcap
- The Use of Knowledge in Society F.A. Hayek, American Economic Review
- On conservative nationalism and foreign policy Emma Ashford, War on the Rocks
- Europe’s ‘solidarity’ crumbles in the face of a crisis Kai Weiss, CapX
- Bigger Brother: surveillance capitalism Tim Wu, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- Our cities, our selves Jason Jewell, Modern Age
- Waiting for the wave to break Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
- Midcentury life in the Soviet Union Alex Halberstadt, Literary Hub
- Britain’s colonial crimes and trade Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Let’s have more audience-free debates Fred Kaplan, Slate
- Why the Natives usually sided with the British Jeffrey Ostler, Atlantic
- The case for shortening medical education Jain & Orr, Niskanen
- What’s buried in the coronavirus relief package? Billy Binion, Reason
Nightcap
- Why didn’t we see this coming? Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Against ageism Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Expose the young Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Humility, not certainty Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal
Nightcap
- What holds China together? Ian Johnson, ChinaFiles
- Bernie Sanders was wrong about America Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
- Assessing the problems caused by the creation of America Mark Spencer, TLS
- Should we ration coronavirus testing by price? Tyler Cowen, MR
Nightcap
- Soviet science fiction magazines Winnie Lee, Atlas Obscura
- The truth about Area 51 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics
- If aliens contact us, we won’t understand William Herkewitz, Astronomy
- Adapted aliens Robin Hanson, Cato Unbound
Nightcap
- “Portugal is not a small country.” Afonso Ramos, History Workshop
- “Japan’s frank and uncomplicated relationship to pleasure offered them an attractive alternative.” David Chaffetz, Asian Review of Books
- Getting intimate with America’s only bachelor president Susan-Mary Grant, History Today
- “In short, give into death;” Micah Mattix, American Conservative
Nightcap
- Report from suburban Wichita Laura Field, Open Society
- Winning the argument? (public spending) Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Space exploration escalation Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- Machiavelli’s The Prince as libertarian canon Barry Stocker, NOL
Nightcap
- What’s the difference between Italy and the rest of the Western world? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Viruses, civil rights, jails, and prisons Premal Dharia, Slate
- Is YIMBYism the answer to California’s housing crisis? Apoorva Tadepalli, New Republic
- Even Hayek quoted FDR Peter Canellos, Politico
Nightcap
- The inverted anthropologist Arnold Kling, askblog
- Dishonesty is a core nationalist value Scott Sumner, EconLog
- What does the superhero craze say about our own times? Iwan Rhys Morus, Aeon
- “The ant queen is not actually a central planner.” Rick Weber, NOL
Nightcap
- When America was a jihadist recruiting ground Thomas Hegghammer, Atlantic
- Dirty deeds gun girl cheap Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- A rich essay on the French Revolution James Penrose, New Criterion
- Their struggle against the State Angelbeck & Grier, Current Anthropology
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