- Is fasting good for you? S. Abbas Raza, Aeon
- French Catholicism: A Eulogy Rod Dreher, American Conservative
- Iran’s (literary) sexual revolution Pardis Mahdavi, Times Literary Supplement
- How Trump is reshaping American foreign policy Paul Pillar, National Interest
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Eye Candy: Countries whose capital is not their largest city
Not much to add here. There doesn’t seem to be any correlation of any kind (colonialism, economic development, etc.). Still, I thought it was cool…
Nightcap
- Siberia: a (concise) history Rhys Griffiths, History Today
- SPLC vs Maajid Nawaz: we should be concerned Ken White, Popehat
- Why women don’t code Stuart Reges, Quillette
- Benedict Arnold wanted a life of distinction Rick Brownell, Historiat
Nightcap
- The example of Charles Krauthammer Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
- Turkey tries to legitimize incursion in northern Iraq Adnan Abu Zeed, Al-Monitor
- Why America won’t declare war Matthew Fay, Niskanen Center
- Stare Decisis and judge-made law Will Baude, Volokh Conspiracy
Nightcap
- Parents are heroes Rachel Lu, the Week
- Echoes of Reagan in Trump’s Clashes With Allies Ira Stoll, Reason
- Trump should pardon Obama-era whistle blower Bruce Fein, the American Conservative
- (Natural) Historical Haircuts Jonathan Saha, Colonizing Animals
Nightcap
- The man who went to the North Korean place that ‘doesn’t exist’ Megha Mohan, BBC
- Assessing Our Frayed Society with (German-Korean philosopher) Byung-Chul Han Scott Beauchamp, Law & Liberty
- Baxter Street & Jury Duty, Summer of 2016 Edward Miller, Coldnoon
- Ta-Nehisi Coates & the Afro-Pessimist Temptation Darryl Pinckney, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- Why a State typically promotes its own official language Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
- Foreign languages and self-delusion in America Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- Islam’s new ‘Native Informants’ Nesrine Malik, NY Review of Books
- The khipu code: the knotty mystery of the Inkas’ 3D records Manuel Medrano, Aeon
RCH: the Cherokee Nation and the US Civil War
That’s the topic of my Tuesday column over at RealClearHistory. An excerpt:
Ross was critical of the success of the death warrants against the Treaty Party Men, but the most interesting aspect of the two mens’ rivalry was the fact that they used the rule of law to fight their battles. Now, the rule of law in the 19th century meant the use of violence between factions (think here about Tombstone, Ariz., where Wyatt Earp and his friends were U.S. Marshals and the friends of the Clantons were Sheriffs), but there was a belief held at the time that violence could only be used by civilized men if the law was on their side. Ross and Watie were both firm believers in this form of rule of law.
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Nightcap
- Conservatives in academia Fabio Rojas, orgtheory
- Cuba’s lack of literature Nick Caistor, Times Literary Supplement
- The Democratic Party’s identity crisis William Voegeli, Claremont Review of Books
- How Fortress Europe was built Kenan Malik, Guardian
Nightcap
- Canada’s Dark Side Susan Neylan, Origins
- The ethics of looted art Ian Johnson, NY Times
- Van Gogh and Japan Alastair Sooke, BBC
- How Chinese students exercise free speech abroad Fran Martin, Economist
Eye Candy: 2026 World Cup votes, by country
My only question is why did 3 countries that could easily (and have, in the past) host the World Cup on their own gang together? Mexico, Canada, and the United States are wealthy countries. Why gang up?
My guess is that wealthier countries are going to have to do a lot more cooperating if they want to host world-level events from now on, due to the fact that the selection process for these types of events has become democratized. Economist Branko Milanovic has a thoughtful piece on FIFA (the governing body for world-level soccer events) and corruption that ties in to all of this.
Nightcap
- The Market Police (Neoliberalism) JW Mason, Boston Review
- Libertarians should stop focusing on rent capture Henry Farrell, Cato Unbound
- Libertarians should *really* stop focusing on rent capture Mike Konczal, RortyBomb
- Nationalism is an essential bulwark against imperialism Sumantra Maitra, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- Icelandic fiction: a family affair Fríða Ísberg, Times Literary Supplement
- Icelandic sagas of the middle ages Barry Stocker, NOL
- Identity politics and patchwork Xenogoth
- Keeping it cool: worshipping the goddess Shitala Amrapali Saha, Coldnoon
Nightcap
- An election day parable Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Unrevolutionary bastardy Hannah Farber, The Junto
- Voting for a lesser evil Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
- Max Weber’s ‘spirit’ of capitalism Peter Ghosh, Aeon
Nightcap
- The underbelly of state capacity Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- Realities and uncertainties of American Empire AG Hopkins, Defense-In-Depth
- Emancipation and representation in 1848 Senegal Jenna Nigro, Age of Revolutions
- The Koreas are moving ahead Ramon Pacheco Pardo, the Hill
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