- How Aztecs told history Camilla Townsend, Aeon
- What’s conservative about the NeverTrumpers? Ross Douthat, NY Times
- A policy failure Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- A vicious race war Kenan Malik, Guardian
Links
Nightcap
- South Korea’s racism problem Tae-jun Kang, Diplomat
- The bullets and the battle: a dialogue Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- The nation-state and astropolitics Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Cancel culture and conservative glass houses Shikha Dalmia, Week
Nightcap
- Democracy in Puerto Rico
- Sweden, the lockdowns, and the rest of Europe Scott Sumner, EconLog
- A new history of the Vikings Tom Shippey, London Review of Books
- Musings on the future of remote work Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- The Left is hardly enamored with John Roberts Lithwick & Stern, Slate
- Not all the facts fit the anti-colonialist narrative Remi Adekoya, UnHerd
- Facing up to Woodrow Wilson’s true legacy Adekeye Adebajo, TLS
- American racism and India’s caste system Sunil Khilnani, New Yorker
Nightcap
- Dystopian films and Covid-19 Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman
- The weaknesses of capitalism Arnold Kling, askblog
- How Native Americans became foreigners Sonia Hernandez, H-Borderlands
- In praise of the 16th and 17th Amendments McGinnis & Rappaport, L&L
Nightcap
- The indispensability of unilateral coercion Billy Christmas, 200-Proof Liberals
- The grim logic of urban politics and the genius of federalism John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- The emerging war on thrift Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Good piece on Israel’s ongoing “black flag” protests Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
Nightcap
- How black-owned banks redefined risk in America Johnny Fulfer, Economic Historian
- Consistency: What everyone needs to know Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Mao’s secret factories in Cold War China Lorenz M. Lüthi, War on the Rocks
- The irresistible rise of of the civilization-state Aris Roussinos, UnHerd
Nightcap
- Islamic State, Facebook, and vigilante archaeologists Jenna Scatena, Atlantic
- Hoffer-esque essay on totalitarianism. Refreshing. Brent Holley, Quillette
- The STEM cycle Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- Vietnam and America’s Indo-Pacific narrative Derek Grossman, Diplomat
Nightcap
- The guilty pleasures of studying Western Civilization LD Burnett, S-USIH Blog
- China’s new philosopher: Not Marx, nor Hayek or Smith, but Carl Schmitt Chris Buckley, NY Times
- The color of colonialism is now green Carl & Fjellheim, Al-Jazeera
- The right kind of reparations (for slavery) James Hankins, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- The lost history of socialist Yugoslavia’s DIY computer Michael Eby, Jacobin
- Darkness that illuminated the world: Italy by Braudel Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Making the world safe for weird teachers since the 1980s Rebecca Onion, Slate
- The only housing project devoted to Native Americans Krithika Varagur, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- ‘No coloureds, no Irish, no dogs’ Angelique Richardson, LRB
- The autonomous republic of Nakhchivan David McArdle, BBC
- Reading the Booker Prize finalists Paul Griffiths, Commonweal
- Joe Biden hates Clarence Thomas Damon Root, Reason
Nightcap
- This is your US Constitution on drugs Ilya Shapiro, National Affairs
- The early years of Communist Party rule Ian Johnson, NY Times
- Why Leftists prefer and even encourage “cancel culture” Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
- The rumour about the Jews Francesca Trivellato, Aeon
- New light on the dark interwar years Tony Barber, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Imperial Japan and Soviet communism Peter Gordon, ARB
- Why the West must stop bashing China Phil Mullan, spiked!
- No blueprint for utopia Kieran Setiya, LARB
- A Kirkian look at Houellebecq James Person, Modern Age
Nightcap
- Pakistan, corruption, and the rule of law Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Sovereignty, annexation, and anarchy Ankit Panda, Diplomat
- African-Americans and the War on Drugs Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
- Native treaties and Native sovereignty David Nichols, Origins
Nightcap
- Searching for consolation in Max Weber’s Work Ethic George Blaustein, New Republic
- Keep doing what you love Federico Varese, Times Literary Supplement
- The conservative origins of British socialism Johnathan Rutherford, New Statesman
- The question that tormented Søren Kierkegaard Morton Jensen, American Interest
