- Is Trump more of a socialist than Biden? Shikha Dalmia, the Week
- How millennials became the burnout generation Anne Petersen, Buzzfeed
- The myth of harmonious indigenous conservation Baz Edmeades, Quillette
- Russian history through the Westerner’s gaze Ellie Holbrook, History Today
Links
Nightcap
- Ravenna: where classical Rome, Byzantium and Christianity met Ian Thomson, Spectator
- ‘Cultural appropriation’ is American cultural imperialism Douglas Murray, UnHerd
- Will Eastern Mediterranean tensions matter if there is no war? Peter Henne, Duck of Minerva
- Bolivia: a tale of two countries Maëlle Mariette, Le monde diplomatique
Nightcap
- Conceptions of politics Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- From bootleg liberalism to Trumpist McCarthyism Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Follow the social science, too Horwitz & Stephenson, EconLog
- Inequalities and Covid-19 Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
Nightcap
- Dangerous myths about nuclear weapons David Logan, War on the Rocks
- Honest putdowns Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- “Sitting next to Sally” John Quiggan, Crooked Timber
- Hopelessness and the new capitalism Hans Eicholz, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Mourning in place Edwidge Danticat, NY Review of Books
- Is working hard good? Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals
- When hard work doesn’t equal productive work Mary Lucia Darst, NOL
- “The actual work of trying to formulate truly alien conceptions of life, consciousness, and thought is mostly yet to be done” Nick Nielsen, GSA
Nightcap
- Schumpeterian enigmas David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Is John Roberts the new Anthony Kennedy? Damon Root, Reason
- “Economics of Federalism” (pdf) Inman & Rubenfield
- Gray mists & ancient stones Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Criterion
Nightcap
- A meditation on suffering Paul Komesaroff, Hedgehog Review
- What art scolds have in common Aeon Skoble, RCL
- Coping with bullshit Richard Gunderman, Law & Liberty
- Paid sick leave and Schelling focal points Rick Weber, NOL
Nightcap
- Why have we been recycling plastic? Gonzalez & Sullivan, Planet Money
- The literary scene in the Great Depression Ben Terrall, CounterPunch
- Stealing from the Saracens Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times
- The long road to reaction Thomas Meaney, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Hypocrisy, racism, and MBA candidates Natalie Solent, Samizdata
- Naive realism and the pandemic Arnold Kling, askblog
- A brief chat on world government Evan Huus, Grand Unified Empty!
- Portrait of an ordinary Nazi Malcolm Forbes, American Interest
Nightcap
- Another Arab state has recognized Israel Mark Landler, NY Times
- Why can’t Seoul and Tokyo get along? Sung-Yoon Lee, Origins
- Is this how the American Century ends and China’s begins? Tom McTague, Atlantic
- Charles Murray reviews Ross Douthat Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- 9/11 + 19: Lessons Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Misinformation and foreign policy Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The Hayek question Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Why not anarchy? Daniel McCarthy, Modern Age
Nightcap
- On press freedom Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Remembering David Graeber Nicholas Haggerty, Commonweal
- Selling the revolution to Iran’s next generation Suzanne Maloney, WOTR
- How Europeans viewed the Turks Margaret Meserve, TLS
Nightcap
- A murder in outer space? What about the Arctic? Sam Kean, Slate
- Russians, racism, and international relations Lisa Gaufman, Duck of Minerva
- Implicit and structural witchery Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- An anthropology of childhood The Whole Sky
Nightcap
- Gold buggers Nathan Lane, Los Angeles Review of Books
- The fractured land hypothesis (pdf) Koyama et al, NBER
- Territoriality and beyond (pdf) John Gerard Ruggie, Int’l Org
- Revenge of the nation-state Helen Thompson, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Cancel Culture and the discourse of Ad Hoc-ery Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Should we admire the Vikings? Rebecca Onion, Slate
- A new theory of Western civilization Judith Shulevitz, Atlantic
- Our brave new remote work world Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
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