- Espionage and the Catholic Church Aaron Bateman, War on the Rocks
- Can globalization be reversed? John Quiggin, Crooked Timber
- Getting rich is glorious (scroll down) Pierre Lemieux, Regulation
- Africa’s lost kingdoms Howard French, New York Review of Books
Links
Nightcap
- The rise of millennial socialism Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman
- Class is still the defining force shaping our lives Kenan Malik, Guardian
- Are the Russians forging an ’empire’ in Africa? Maxim Matusevich, Africa is a Country
- Against conservative cultural defeatism David French, National Review
Nightcap
- White saviors abroad – social doctors at home? Tine Hanrieder, Duck of Minerva
- The case against Woodrow Wilson Philip Conway, et al, Disorder of Things
- Tragedy, statecraft, and world order Neville Morley, War on the Rocks
- “All leaders are constrained by their underlings” Rick Weber, NOL
Nightcap
- How the Arabic language spread Barnaby Rogerson, History Today
- Post-Ottoman ethnic cleansing Christopher Kinley, Origins
- Legal decentralization and the Ottoman Empire NOL
- Fear of a gold planet Larry White, Alt-M
Nightcap
- The promise of liberalism in a world of groups Mark Koyama, Areo
- Becoming a man William Buckner, Quillette
- Choosing your own family Nora Caplan-Bricker, New Republic
- Home sweet home (California) Kerry Jackson, City Journal
Nightcap
- Human rights as a troubling neoliberal project Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Los Angeles Review of Books
- Liberals forgot that working for freedom is hard Richard Reeves, Literary Review
- Multi-party kleptocracies rather than illiberal democracies Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- The demise of the Gandhi dynasty Krishnadev Calamur, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Clarence Thomas on abortion Ross Douthat, New York Times
- Death and the Shadow Docket Will Baude, Volokh Conspiracy
- The future of European populism Chris Shaw, Libertarian Ideal
- The Mongol Empire’s turn to commerce Bryn Hammond, Asian Review of Books
Nightcap
- Foucault in California, dropping acid Eric Bulson, Times Literary Supplement
- Tiananmen and the New Authoritarianism Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books
- Is philosophy conservative or progressive? Matt McManus, Areo
- David Hume’s book burning bonfire Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
Nightcap
- When Europeans came to Asian shores Chris Nierstrasz, Aeon
- The origins of the military-intellectual complex Daniel Bessner, New Republic
- Notes from the Islamic Republic of Iran Bill Merritt, Liberty
- Switzerland’s little-known fifth language Molly Harris, BBC
Nightcap
- Monarchy in American political thought Zach Bates, JHIBlog
- Make school hard again John Nye, Reason
- Nationalism’s dividends Liah Greenfeld, American Affairs
- Lysistrata among the hippies Titus Techera, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Enchiladas, a culinary monument to colonialism Alexander Lee, History Today
- The Marginal Revolutionaries of Austria-Hungary Tyler Cowen, MR
- The other side of British India Soni Wadhwa, Asian Review of Books
- Old Tokyo, time telling, and the Chinese zodiac Claire Kohda Hazelton, Spectator
Nightcap
- Clarence Thomas and abortion Corey Robin, Crooked Timber
- NYC’s war on Asian children Dennis Saffran, City Journal
- Race, racism, and the law in America Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- How often has the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law? Keith Wittington, Volokh Conspiracy
Nightcap
- Oakeshott versus the American Originalists David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- The limits of common sense Charlotte Allen, Law & Liberty
- Woah. Catherine Kim, Vox
- Getting to definitions and then getting beyond them Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Nightcap
- The trend of economic thinking F.A. Hayek, Economica
- Against moderate politics Jason Sorens, Cato Unbound
- Socialist fantasies Sarah Skwire, EconLog
- “From the ashes, modernity arose, but at a cost” Thomas Lecaque, Age of Revolutions