Nightcap

  1. The conservative revolutionary and the archaic progressive Arnold Kling, Medium
  2. Epistemological anarchism to anarchism Bill Rein, NOL
  3. Against adaptation Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. Evolutionary drift Federico Sosa Valle, NOL

Nightcap

  1. Europe’s Ancien Régime returns Jäger and David Adler, London Review of Books
  2. Monetary imperialism in French West Africa Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa is a Country
  3. In defense of George W Bush Feaver & Inboden, War on the Rocks
  4. Justice Ginsburg on Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Jonathan Adler, Volokh Conspiracy

Nightcap

  1. Paying special attention to Israel’s recent home demolitions Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
  2. The political foundations of the German Federal Republic Jacob Van de Beeten, JHIBlog
  3. Taking a new, leftist look at Christianity in America Marilynne Robinson, New York Review of Books
  4. The best piece on Boris Johnson’s win I’ve yet read Alberto Mingardi, EconLog

Nightcap

  1. The divine right of the majority Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
  2. Overcoming the Mormon legacy on race Bruce Clark, Erasmus
  3. A sympathetic liberty Brent Orrell, Law & Liberty
  4. Free speech on the shoals of ideology Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth

Nightcap

  1. India blasts off for the moon Jen Kirby, Vox
  2. South Korea’s first strongman Rob York, War on the Rocks
  3. The fourth state of water Marc Henry, Inference
  4. New left economics and the capitalist system Andy Beckett, Guardian

Nightcap

  1. Less visible systems of murder Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
  2. No. Belle Warring, Crooked Timber
  3. Finally, air is for sale Oliver Wainwright, Guardian
  4. Martian civilization Nick Nielsen, Centauri Dreams

Nightcap

  1. Goldbugs for Trump Paul Krugman, New York Times
  2. The day the Swedes forget individualism Derrier & Savage, BBC
  3. Arnold Kling is correct about Will Wilkinson askblog
  4. A history of the German people William Hay, Law & Liberty

Nightcap

  1. A German history of the Balkans Tony Barber, Financial Times
  2. A Brazilian history of the Atlantic slave trade Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Not Even Past
  3. A conservative history of America at its peak Ross Douthat, New York Times
  4. The emotional lives of others Andrew Beatty, Aeon

Nightcap

  1. Movers and stayers (immigration) John Quiggin, Crooked Timber
  2. Bryan Caplan steps out of his bubble (and away from libertarian philistinism) EconLog
  3. Edmund Burke and the idea of national conservatism Yuval Levin, Law & Liberty
  4. “Never give a cunt a chance to be a cunt.” (Labour’s antisemitism) Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling

Nightcap

  1. Can Ottoman nostalgia be a good thing? Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
  2. Ottomanism, Nationalism, Republicanism Barry Stocker, NOL
  3. What is global history? One good answer (and one not so good answer) Krishan Kumar, Times Literary Supplement
  4. The world without the moon Caleb Scharf, Life, Unbounded

Nightcap

  1. Poetic justice with Donald Trump Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
  2. Love it or leave it: exceptionalism for dummies Ross Douthat, New York Times
  3. How not to be an arrogant prat Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
  4. Rent-seeking during the slave trade Jose Corpuz, The Long Run

Nightcap

  1. On gratitude and immigration Charles Cooke, National Review
  2. The myth of the welfare queen Bryce Covert, New Republic
  3. Why did the Department of Justice cut such a deal?” Ken White, the Atlantic
  4. When the sun never set Michael Auslin, Claremont Review of Books

Nightcap

  1. The Dutch-Norwegian oil boom town nobody has heard of Matthew Birkhold, Public Domain Review
  2. A 19th century “ice map” from the American northeast Rebecca Onion, the Vault
  3. 20th century Soviet hipsters still went to Siberia James Womack, Los Angeles Review of Books
  4. In reaction to the neoliberal turn of the Red-Green government…” Adam Tooze, London Review of Books

Nightcap

  1. How things fell apart in 20th century Germany Adam Tooze, Financial Times
  2. The world was just an aggregation of nation-states” Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
  3. Godspeed Justin Raimondo, You Brilliant Son of a Bitch Nicky Reid, Counterpunch
  4. The problem is that our own agency is so precious to us” Caleb Scharf, Life Unbounded

Nightcap

  1. Buddhist terrorists and the Zen way of war Brian Victoria, Aeon
  2. Faith and empire: a realistic view of Tibetan Buddhism Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books
  3. A history of Soviet Atheism Elena Leontjeva, Law & Liberty
  4. It’s now Raimondo’s world, and he’s not living in it” Curt Mills, Spectator USA