- “To speak on everything in the world, including everyone’s elections” Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Foucault on the courageous practice of speaking truth to power Deborah Clark, Footnotes to Plato
- The idea of Global Britain ignores reality (and an imperial past) Robert Saunders, New Statesman
- “No nation in Europe today is as good at self-deprecation as the Slovaks” Donald Rayfield, Literary Review
Links
Nightcap
- China’s three-body problem Niall Ferguson, Jewish World Review
- The perplexing case of indigenous art Morgan Meis, the Easel
- Can Pakistan mediate between the US and Iran? Adam Weinstein, War on the Rocks
- On “terrorism” as a toxic term Vicente Medina, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Can Indigenous sovereignty survive colonisation? Pekka Hämäläinen, Aeon
- Is the nation-state the best we got? Paul Emiljanowicz, Africa is a Country
- Dining with Stalin Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- An assassination in Sarajevo Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
Nightcap
- Neglected works in intellectual history JHIBlog
- Is that you, John Galt? JD Mullane, Burlington County Times
- European law and the myth of English exceptionalism Michael Krauss, Law & Liberty
- Myths of sovereignty and British isolation Barry Stocker, NOL
Nightcap
- South Korea’s Confucianist-capitalist trap Makoto Kajiwara, Nikkei Asian Review
- Stockton’s experiment with Universal Basic Income Sarah Holder, CityLab
- The real Texas Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of Books
- For women, running is still an act of defiance Rachel Hewitt, 1843
Nightcap
- Do the ends justify the means? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Is a Catholic schism on the way? Bruce Clark, Erasmus
- Gandhi’s many enemies Faisal Devji, India Today
- Nationalism, sci-fi, and Chinese culture Layne Vandenberg, Diplomat
Nightcap
- Jack Schwartz on the weaknesses of the Mathematical Mind David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Did the Thirty Glorious Years actually exist? Vincent Geloso, NOL
- A hidden cost of the War on Drugs Vincent Geloso, NOL
- Star Trek did more for the cultural advancement of women than government policies Vincent Geloso, NOL
Nightcap
- Second World soft power Ken White, Asian Review of Books
- Alas my love, you do me wrong Roderick Long, Policy of Truth
- The great fear of 1776 Jeffrey Ostler, Age of Revolutions
- Will no one defend free trade? Shikha Dalmia, the Week
Nightcap
- Napoleon Chagnon, controversial anthropologist, is dead Cornelia Dean, NY Times
- “European defense ministers had better not be superstitious.” Olivier-Rémy Bel, War on the Rocks
- In defense of marriage Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- When being gay is not a big deal Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic
- A day of mourning (People’s Republic of China) Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
Nightcap
- “We are in the midst of a technological panic.” Robert Lurie, Modern Age
- What is a concentration camp? Emma Kuby, History Today
- Kleptocracy Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Greenland in Danish-American-Chinese relations Mercy Kuo, Diplomat
Nightcap
- One summer in America Eliot Weinberger, London Review of Books
- Death in prison, a short list Ken White, the Atlantic
- The tyranny of the economists Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New Republic
- Elites and the economy Donald Schneider, National Affairs
Nightcap
- Are libertarians being purged from the GOP? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The Left still doesn’t understand Clarence Thomas Myron Magnet, City Journal
- How cult leaders brainwash their followers Alexandra Stein, Aeon
- Is dark matter hiding aliens? Caleb Scharf, Nautilus
Nightcap
- Antisemitism, Zionism, and the changing politics of the Left David Feldman, Financial Times
- Revolutionary postcards in imperial Russia Donald Rayfield, Literary Review
- Dreamtime social games (better institutions) Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- In defense of the people Roslyn Fuller, spiked!
Nightcap
- The failed promise of Silicon Valley Kim Phillips-Fein, New Republic
- A history of the Antarctic Ocean Jean McNeil, History Today
- Another difference between Pakistan and India Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- Why the liberal West is a Christian creation John Gray, New Statesman
Nightcap
- The curse of size Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Does size matter? Edwin van de Haar, NOL
- The towering statesmanship of George Washington Matthew Franck, Law & Liberty
- The Washington Doctrine of Unstable Alliances RealClearHistory
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