Nightcap

  1. The struggle between faith and reason Stephanie Slade, Modern Age
  2. Hippie Inc: How the counterculture went corporate Nat Segnit, 1843
  3. Capitalism uses hatred; that’s good (link fixed) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. The forgotten defense of the Falklands Patrick Crozier, Samizdata

Nightcap

  1. Central Saharan rock art Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, Inference
  2. Indigenous Japanese tattoo cultures are making a comeback Alex Martin, Japan Times
  3. 3 personality traits in the US, mapped Olga Khazan, Atlantic
  4. Humanity just had the best decade ever Matt Ridley, Spectator

Nightcap

  1. European courts have ruled in favor of Catalonia over Spain Khan & Mount, Financial Times
  2. Between God and nature: Pufendorf on power and liberty Knud Haakonssen, Liberty Matters
  3. The world that Christianity made (but does it matter?) Ross Douthat, New York Times
  4. How should the United States treat the Palestinian Authority? Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists

Nightcap

  1. Fighting China: think counterinsurgency, not war John Vrolyk, War on the Rocks
  2. Learning history Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. Might disagreement fade like violence? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. Has “human rights” replaced inequality? Katharine Young, Inference

Nightcap

  1. A Leftist view of the upcoming SCOTUS religion cases Ian Millhiser, Vox
  2. Are Chinese students in favor of free speech? Hernández & Zhang, New York Times
  3. Paul Volcker: The man who vanquished gold Joseph Salerno, Mises Wire
  4. John Batchelor interviews Richard Epstein on impeachment Podcast

Nightcap

  1. Interpreting the Ottoman Empire Michael Talbot, History Today
  2. Throw your testicles (medieval Europe) Tom Shippey, LRB
  3. Gold standards, fiat money, and resource costs Larry White, Alt-M
  4. On sovereignty versus empire Michael Anton, Modern Age

Nightcap

  1. If you want to be welcome, do not demand entry Natalie Solent, Samizdata
  2. US regionalism and nationalism: the case of the Midwest Halvorson & Reno, Fieldsites
  3. Heterogeneous drivers of heterogeneous populism Colantone & Stanig, VoxEU
  4. How talk of witches stirs emotions in Nigeria Adaobi Nwaubani, BBC

Nightcap

  1. Gulf states and US hostility towards Iran Peter Henne, Duck of Minerva
  2. NAFTA 2.0 offers promise of stability Milton Ezrati, City Journal
  3. Free trade isn’t dead yet! Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
  4. “All political careers end in failure” Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion

Nightcap

  1. China looks like the big winner in new trade negotiations Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
  2. Where does the Asian obsession with white skin come from? Ana Salvá, the Diplomat
  3. On Steven Pinker and The Blank Slate Arnold Kling, askblog
  4. In American higher education, hierarchy begets hierarchy Ethan Ris, JHIBlog

Nightcap

  1. The Left lost yet another election. Its response? Reposting old essays… Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
  2. Israel, Syria, and the Kurds Wilkofsky & Zaman, Al-Monitor
  3. Automation as a colonization wave Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  4. The geopolitics of liberalism Nicolas Hausdorf, Jacobite

Nightcap

  1. Coming of age in the CIA Susan Blumberg-Kason, ARB
  2. Here’s what’s wrong with US foreign policy Peter Henne, Duck of Minerva
  3. Towards a better globalization Reuven Brenner, American Affairs
  4. An argument against Richard Dawkins Rupert Shortt, TLS

Nightcap

  1. Boris & Donald: A special relationship Lippman & Toosi, Politico
  2. The looming end of Pax Americana Brian Stewart, Quillette
  3. A lesson for the Israeli occupation Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
  4. A new history of Charlemagne Charles West, LRB

Nightcap

  1. Science was everywhere in the Soviet Union Simon Ings, TLS
  2. A few reflections on Paul Volcker Arnold Kling, askblog
  3. The failure of “the marketplace of ideas” Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. NAFTA 2.0 has slightly less free trade Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion

Nightcap

  1. Charles de Gaulle’s alternative model for Europe Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty
  2. Distance from Khe Sanh to Kandahar: 0 Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  3. Fear of the Ivory Tower Jonathon Catlin, JHIBlog
  4. Anarchy and public goods Pierre Lemieux, EconLog

Nightcap

  1. California’s fires (no mention of “property rights”) Claire McEachern, LARB
  2. Nationalism is not always the enemy of liberalism Asle Toje, American Interest
  3. Universal Love, said the Cactus Person Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex
  4. Great list of recent low budget sci-fi flicks Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex