- Coronavirus and uncomfortable truths about Japan Philip Patrick, Spectator
- Love in the Time of Capitalism Dan Hassler-Forest, LARB
- Sunday morning quarterbacking Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Good things (leaving words out) Stephen Cox, Liberty
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Nightcap
- Collecting the dreams of imperial subjects Erik Linstrum, Aeon
- On NATO’s open door policy Emma Ashford, War on the Rocks
- Stalin’s Danish mystery Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, History Today
- Taleb’s distinction between “complicated” and “complex” Mark Cancellieri, askblog (comments)
Nightcap
- China’s race to find aliens first Ross Anderson, Atlantic
- What happens if China makes first contact? Abhijnan Rej, Diplomat
- Is coronavirus a preview of alien life reaching earth? Jeffrey Kluger, Time
- A beautiful photo essay of some old, abandoned airplanes Zero Anthropology
Nightcap
- The family Coronavirinae Marc Henry, Inference
- “Physical distancing” versus “social distancing” Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Avoidable unemployment Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Connecting fascism with Integralism is a historical mistake Nathan Pinkoski, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Permutations on Ernst Bloch’s “S is not yet P” Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- “‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext …” Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem
- The Villager And The F-18 Deep Prasad, Medium
- Neill Blomkamp’s experimental film studio is AWESOME Andrew Liptak, Verge
Nightcap
- Virus deaths in Democratic and Republican states James Rogers, Law & Liberty
- How fractured is the British left? Leontios Xenophilos, American Affairs
- An argument against moral blameworthiness Bill Rein, NOL
- Pity the poor stepmother Susan Hill, Spectator
Nightcap
- Historicizing Foucault Stuart Elden (interview), JHIBlog
- Historicizing inflation George Selgin, Alt-M
- Historicizing Hong Kong Brian Fong, Diplomat
- Historicizing West Africa Barnaby Crowcroft, Literary Review
Nightcap
- Pandemics as an externality Robin Hanson Overcoming Bias
- The 21st century sucks Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Farewell, Mr President Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Tolstoy wrote stories for children John Kuhner, LARB
Nightcap
- Coronavirus and Ramadan Declan Walsh, New York Times
- The future of China’s political economy South China Morning Post
- Ricardo, Marx, and interpersonal inequality Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Polystate, part 2 Rick Weber, NOL
Nightcap
- Hayek’s rapid rise to stardom David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Why I am not a natural lawyer FH Buckley, Law & Liberty
- British Imperial Federation (pdf) William Smith, Political Science Quarterly
- The people who profited from the Trail of Tears Caitlin Fitz, Atlantic
Nightcap
- Why does government do stuff? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Indian removal Claudio Saunt, Aeon
- Migrants, Muslims, and other non-people Namit Arora, Baffler
- Immigration will be another casualty of coronavirus Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
Nightcap
- Catholicism, America, and the fascist temptation James Patterson, Law & Liberty
- The greatest financial bailout of all time is underway John Cochrane, Grumpy Economist
- Whither the precautionary principle Thomas L. Knapp, The Garrison Center
- Steel-manning lockdown socialism Arnold Kling, askblog
- What will the political outcome of coronavirus be? Niall Ferguson, Spectator
Nightcap
- A crisis of mundane absurdity Pascal Bruckner, City Journal
- Can economic multilateralism survive? Jean Pisani‐Ferry, Economic Affairs
- On Louër’s Sunnis and Shi’a Karen Taliaferro, Law & Liberty
- In Russia, death becomes you Sophie Pinkham, The Nation
Nightcap
- Why women read more than men Lucy Scholes, Times Literary Supplement
- Avenging the humbled and humbling the proud Fretwell & Kiland, War on the Rocks
- Redrawing ethnic boundaries in Tang and Song China Bryn Hammond, Asian Review of Books
- #coronasomnia Wang Xuiying, London Review of Books
Nightcap
- Nobody knows anything (Singapore and South Korea) Scott Sumner, Money Illusion
- The cholera riots and the coronavirus revolts, compared Jesse Walker, Reason
- Climate, disease, and the end of the Roman Empire Jaspreet Singh Boparai, Quillette
- On trying to solve the paradox of memory Emina Melonic, Modern Age
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