Nightcap

  1. “Experimenting with Social Norms” in small-scale societies Pseudoerasmus
  2. Reading Karl Marx in Beijing Fabio Lanza, Jacobin
  3. Which works better: democracy or dictatorship? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  4. Grappling with the meaning of martyrdom Scott Beauchamp, Law & Liberty

Nightcap

  1. The Fermi Paradox Tim Urban, Wait But Why
  2. The aliens among us Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
  3. Yes, ownership matters Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. America’s Messiah complex Colin Dickey, New Republic

Nightcap

  1. What’s so bad about annexation? Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
  2. On property beyond sovereignty Kerry Goettlich, Disorder of Things
  3. Not all British memsahibs were racist snobs Philip Hensher, Spectator
  4. Why I am against economic sanctions Branko Milanovic, globalinequality

Nightcap

  1. Will UCLA ever escape John Wooden’s shadow? ESPN
  2. The politics of the classics in Japan John D’Amico, JHIBlog
  3. When Pakistan had jazz and cabarets in abundance Ali Bhutto, Guardian
  4. Lego vs. Lepin Rob Fisher, Samizdata

Nightcap

  1. An anticipatory elegy Walter A. McDougall, Law & Liberty
  2. Colonial lives of legality Alvina Hoffmann, Disorder of Things
  3. The limits of interdisciplinarity Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
  4. Should we federalize the social sciences? Michelangelo Landgrave, NOL

Nightcap

  1. Make Nigeria Great Again Adewale Maja-Pearce, London Review of Books
  2. When Britain chose Europe Simon Schama, Financial Times
  3. Censoring the counterculture Brian Doherty, Reason
  4. George Faludy Robin Ashenden, Quillette

Nightcap

  1. The Other Zionism Joel Cabrita, History Today
  2. American Jewry’s Trump Virus Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
  3. A civil war centuries in the making Asher Orkaby, Origins
  4. Is Mexico a tragedy? Shepard Barbash, City Journal

Nightcap

  1. The lowest bid universe Caleb Scharf, Life, Unbounded
  2. How to govern locally from the left Daniel Jadue, Jacobin
  3. Changing places with Europe Scott Sumner, EconLog
  4. South Africa heads to the polls Michael Onderco, War on the Rocks

Nightcap

  1. What does the word “liberal” mean? Nathan Schlueter, Law & Liberty
  2. Shadows and lights of globalization Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. How countries use passports as a geopolitical tool Krishnadev Calamur, the Atlantic
  4. China’s struggle for India’s ocean Francis Sempa, Asian Review of Books

Nightcap

  1. The case for empathy Elizabeth Segal, Aeon
  2. Christianity: an internationalist perspective Ross Douthat, New York Times
  3. Who’ll defend freedom? Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. Judy Shelton speaks up for the gold standard David Glasner, Uneasy Money

Nightcap

  1. The year the singularity was cancelled Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex
  2. The nature of sex Andrew Sullivan, Interesting Times
  3. We should firmly shut the open door William Ruger, Law & Liberty
  4. What’s different about the Sri Lanka attacks? Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic

Nightcap

  1. Law, Judgement, Republicanism Barry Stocker, NOL
  2. Economics in the ancient world? Lucas G Freire, NOL
  3. Auftragstaktik: Decentralization in military command Kevin Kallmes, NOL
  4. Burn the Witch Michelangelo Landgrave, NOL

Nightcap

  1. Notre Dame is a magnificent monument to a misunderstood age Rachel Lu, the Week
  2. A rock, a human, a tree: all were persons to the Classic Maya Sarah Jackson, Aeon
  3. ‘A Painter Not Human’ Ingrid Rowland, New York Review of Books
  4. The Joe Miller model David Gordon, Africa is a Country

Nightcap

  1. The Ottoman origins of capitalism (pdf) Kerem Nisancioglu, Review of International Studies
  2. The book on Marx that Arendt never finished Geoffrey Wildanger, Boston Review
  3. An insider’s perspective of the Algerian War Lincoln Krause, War on the Rocks
  4. The racing cheetahs of the 1930s Jennifer Noonan, Damn Interesting

Nightcap

  1. Good riddance to cultural Christianity James Rogers, Law & Liberty
  2. When failure succeeds Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  3. Interest rates and the gold standard Larry White, Alt-M
  4. Trump’s America, Netanyahu’s Israel Adam Shatz, London Review of Books