- 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
Links
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
Nightcap
- David Graeber, 1961–2020 New York Review of Books
- Eat the Buddha: China & Tibet Rana Mitter, Literary Review
- Understanding the path to Iraq Joseph Stieb, WOTR
- Against space exploration Andrew Szarejko, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Race is front and center in French elections Méheut & Onishi, NY Times
- Japan’s new PM is libertarianish Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The values of democracy, and a vote Chris Freiman, 200-Proof Liberals
- Objective fouls and the rule of law Tyler Cowen, MR
Nightcap
- How David Graeber changed the way we see money Matthew Zeitlin, New Republic
- What’s wrong with “cancel culture,” again? Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Why socialists should care about about American federalism Chris Maisano, Jacobin
- In loving memory of David Graeber Andrej Grubačić, PM Press
Nightcap
- The iron wall versus the villa in the jungle Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- The pragmatic case for a unitary executive John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- Catholic Social Teaching in the West today Bernard Prusak, Commonweal
- Ayn Rand’s philosophy might be questionable – but what about her prose? Sam Leith, TLS
Nightcap
- William T. Sherman’s reputation precedes him Susan-Mary Grant, History Today
- The urgency of racial disparities Arnold Kling, askblog
- On Marxist Tories Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- The theological roots of the secular world order Nathaniel Peters, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Adele and the local nature of social norms Lauren Hall, RCL
- The evolution of a legal rule (pdf) Niblett, et al, Journal of Legal Studies
- Covid and the counterfactual, and the longer term Eric Crampton, Offsetting Behaviour
- The last great theorist of history Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Aeon
Nightcap
- On cancel culture Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Why I lean libertarian Arnold Kling, askblog
- Colonialism and economic development Lipton Matthews, Mises Wire
- Speculation about Greece and Turkey Koert Debeuf, EUObserver
Nightcap
- New York’s second “Drop Dead” moment is here Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism
- Modi takes another step towards a ‘Hindu India’ Mohamed Zeeshan, Haaretz
- Prospects for an independent Kurdistan Mohammad Kareem, LSE
- No sex please, this is Korea Colin Marshall, Los Angeles Review of Books
Nightcap
- The state of African literature Saint & Shringarpure, Africa is a Country
- Du passé faisons table rase Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Roger Taney’s statue (Dred Scott) Damon Root, Reason
- The Ottoman Empire and its Arab nationalists Christopher Clark, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Accumulation and its discontents (“stuff”) Astrid Van Oyen, Aeon
- How the U.S. won the war against Japan? Mark Perry, NY Times
- On right-wing populism and democracy John Lloyd, Quillette
- Has self-awareness gone too far in fiction? Katy Waldman, New Yorker
Nightcap
- Black, blank squares Megan Ward, Los Angeles Review of Books
- Why retired generals can’t avoid the parties Luke Schumacher, WOTR
- Forgive and be free Nathaniel Wade, Aeon
- The Left’s anti-constitutionalism John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
