- Between Scylla and Charybdis Mark Helprin, National Review
- Protest and pandemic at sea Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Scottish nationalism and free banking George Selgin, Alt-M
- What to do about China Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty
Links
Nightcap
- Can you be confident about an economy you can’t see? Frances Woolley, WCI
- When rules don’t apply Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Show me your books… Henry Farrell, Crooked Timber
- America’s first Tiger King Nathaniel Rich, NYRB
Nightcap
- Russia’s Ambassador writes to the New York Times
- What AOC gets that Bernie didn’t Michael Grunwald, Politico
- Coronavirus class conflict is coming Olga Khazan, Atlantic
- Re-centering the United States in American foreign policy TNSR
Nightcap
- Answering the shutdown skeptics Santiago Ramos, Commonweal
- The Communist Party in Yugoslavia Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Natural Law through recent American history Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty
- Learning Arabic in early modern Europe Fitzroy Morrissey, History Today
Nightcap
- On the lower mortality estimates Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Coercion and the coronavirus Dierdre McCloskey, National Review
- The lure of fascism Jonathan Wolff, Aeon
- New Zealand’s leftist PM was raised Mormon (and other cool facts) James Robins, TLS
Nightcap
- What are the best arguments for libertarianism? Brian Micklethwait, Samizdata
- Federalism and the coronavirus Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
- Are we entering a new era of nullification? Mark Perry, American Conservative
- The American libertarian movement is not immune Frank Bergon, Los Angeles Review of Books
Nightcap
- Comparing economics and epidemiology? Tyler Cowen, MR
- Um, we still need a back-to-work plan John Cochrane, Grumpy Economist
- Israel, Arab citizens, and coronavirus Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor
- How about just 10% less democracy? Adam Wakeling, Quillette
Nightcap
- The subversive legacy of Christianity Helene Guldberg, spiked!
- Coronavirus in NJ: waiting for the surge Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Thandika Mkandawire, RIP Isabel Ortiz, Jacobin
- The pandemic and the Will of God Ross Douthat, New York Times
Nightcap
- The era of peak globalization is over John Gray, New Statesman
- The world after coronavirus Yuval Harari, Financial Times
- A guide for the overwhelmed Bruce Frohnen, Modern Age
- Coordination problems in a post-pandemic world Peter Boettke, Coordination Problem
Nightcap
- Life after the plague Helen Dale, Law & Liberty
- Believing in witches and demons Jan Machielsen, JHIblog
- What comes next? Dalibor Rohac, American Interest
- Modi’s ghastly Delhi dream Kapil Komireddi, Critic
Nightcap
- When arguments fail (a response to libertarians) Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- State-sponsored empire building (philanthropy) Edward Carver, LARB
- How airpower reshaped the global diplomatic order Thomas Furse, Age of Revolutions
- The friendly Mr Wu Mara Hvistendahl, 1843
Nightcap
- Colin Powell: subordinate or statesman? Elizabeth Spalding, Law & Liberty
- Another right abolished by the government’s COVID lockdown Ryan McMaken, Power & Market
- “All our efficiencies melted away in the face of a man-made depression.” Razib Khan, City Journal
- Bread Arrives Patrick Henry, Commonweal
Nightcap
- Behind the Iron Curtain: Soviet space art (gallery) Kadish Morris, Guardian
- The year I left the Soviet Union Alex Halberstadt, New Yorker
- Free speech, libel, and privacy rights Mark Hemmingway, RealClearPolitics
- 8 out of 10 Texans already live in cities and metropolitan areas Steven Pedigo, Dallas Morning News
Nightcap
- The making of an Oriental Yankee Ed Park, NYRB
- “Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy” Denny Roy, Diplomat
- Good piece on the coronavirus James Hamblin, Atlantic
- Did you kill anyone? Titus Techera, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Coronavirus rattles US national security priesthood Nahal Toosi, Politico
- Has libertarianism dodged a bullet? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- States don’t really mind their citizens dying (provided they don’t all do it at once) Malcolm Bull, LRB
- Jerusalem, riots, and Israel (from the comments) Irfan Khawaja
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