- Second-hand: the new global garage sale Susan Blumberg-Kason, Asian Review of Books
- Learning to love America Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- “Why I don’t trust the police” Michelangelo Landgrave, NOL
- Chicago cops Paul Buhle, Counterpunch
Links
Nightcap
- John Mbiti (Kenyan Anglican) is dead Richard Sandomir, New York Times
- The long history of eco-pessimism Desrochers & Szurmak, spiked!
- An early case for reparations Eric Herschthal, New Republic
- What the 1956 Uprising says about Hungary today KB Vlahos, American Conservative
Nightcap
- Who betrayed Syria’s Kurds? Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor
- How the Physiocrats confronted France’s empire (Smithian-Misesian-Hayekian federation) Pernille Røge, Age of Revolutions
- Strange respect for central banks Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- This is just the beginning of Brexit Tom McTague, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Making Canada great for the first time Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Detoxifying Brexit Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- What’s driving protests around the world? Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
- “There’s no telling what’s next” Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- The Great Firewall of China, as cyber-sovereignty John Lanchester, London Review of Books
- The lost art of exiting a war Adam Wunische, War on the Rocks
- The Eastern Jesus Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books
- China’s first permanent president Johnathan Chatwin, Asian Review of Books
Nightcap
- Charlemagne Chris Wickham, History Today
- Populism Simon Schama, Financial Times
- Harold Bloom (1930-2019) Flesch & Roth, n+1
- German supermarkets Rachel Lu, the Week
Nightcap
- The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train Baye McNeil, Japan Times
- Interstellar conversations Caleb Scharf, Scientific American
- Donald Trump is a weak man in a strongman’s world Ross Douthat, New York Times
- The Poland model: left-wing economic policy and right-wing social policy Anna Sussman, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Nozick, State, and Reparations Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- No friends but the mountains Maurice Glasman, New Statesman
- The layers of Israel’s Trump mistake Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Why hasn’t Brexit happened? Christopher Caldwell, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- French financial experts are anything but Diego Zuluaga, Alt-M
- The beauty of Soviet anti-religious art Roland Brown, Spectator
- Obama, Erdoğan, and the Syrian rebels Seymour Hersh, LRB
- Europe, Turkey, and the Kurdish rebels Bill Wirtz, TAC
Nightcap
- Not all Indian reservations are alike Ryan McMaken, Power & Market
- Is the UK about to become Canada? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Why economists are wrong so often Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Life, fate, and the assault on liberalism Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Nightcap
- The Big Lie about corporate power is disintegrating in front of our eyes Monkey Cage
- How close is Hong Kong to a second Tiananmen? Jude Blanchette, Foreign Policy
- Preaching the American Gospel Glenn Moots, Law & Liberty
- Aging, death, and the law Joona Räsänen, Aeon
Nightcap
- How two seasteaders wound up marked for death Brian Doherty, Reason
- When are exit strategies viable? David Kampf, War on the Rocks
- Imagining Africa Clive Gebay, Disorder of Things
- Tulsi Gabbard vs. Liberal McCarthyism Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Wars makes us safer and richer Ian Morris, Washington Post
- Sovereignty is no solution Dalibor Rohac, American Interest
- American conservatism and Marxist paradigms Mary Lucia Darst, NOL
- Libertarians and the legitimacy crisis Arnold Kling, askblog
Nightcap
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, I Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, II Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, III Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, IV Barry Stocker, NOL
Nightcap
- Disney, the NBA, and China in Hong Kong Tyler Cowen, MR
- Blizzard, esports, and China in Hong Kong Layne Vandenberg, the Diplomat
- China’s dirty little secret: land ownership Ian Johnson, NY Times
- The People’s Republic of China at 70 Austin Williams, spiked!
