- Proving Einstein right on relativity Matthew Stanley, Aeon
- Alethic relativism and modern physics Bill Rein, NOL
- Central banks’ forecasts are basically garbage Joakim Book, Mises Wire
- Killing Pax Americana Paul Krugman, New York Times
Links
Nightcap
- Michael Pollan interview on psychedelics Fresh Air
- Spinelli vs. Hayek Federico Ottavio Reho, EPICENTER
- The Rock Art of Malarrak Archaeology
- How Islam shaped the West Rowan Williams, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Not In My Backyard and “Buy Local” hypocrites Farhad Manjoo, New York Times
- Why the American Left should not go socialist Joseph Stiglitz, Foreign Policy
- Who was Maxwell Taylor? (Cold War) Gregory Daddis, War on the Rocks
- The lure of Western Europe Anne Applebaum, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- Just another story about a UCLA Bruin Wayne Drehs, ESPN
- A history of black voting rights in the US Pippa Holloway, Origins
- What is origin of China’s success? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- One final look at the Heisei Era Alex Martin, Japan Times
Nightcap
- ‘S’ is for Slander (‘P’ is for Palestine) Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War Fearon & Laitin, APSR
- John Locke and the Hebrew Bible David Conway, Law & Liberty
- Trading with the enemy: An American tradition Murray Rothbard, LRC
Nightcap
- A girl’s place in the world William Buckner, Quillette
- Why do we teach girls that it’s cute to be scared? Rick Weber, Notes On Liberty
- Reflections on Westeros Livio Di Matteo, Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
- The persistence of racism in Arabic literature Mona Kareem, Africa is a Country
Nightcap
- History is more important than ever Regina Munch, Commonweal
- Bad news for Democrats Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Conversational maps Chris Shaw, Libertarian Ideal
- Democracy and its discontents Adam Tooze, NY Review of Books
Nightcap
- Why are economists wrong so often? Peter Coclanis, Aeon
- Civilization and urbanization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- Rethinking how imperialism works Joseph Stieb, War on the Rocks
- Social warfare Mary Lucia Darst, NOL
Nightcap
- How inequality makes us poorer Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- The ancient Persians had epics, too Soni Wadhwa, Asian Review of Books
- Showdown in Berkeley Rick Brownell, Medium
- Three suicides and a funeral (the Soviets) Jarrod Hayes, Duck of Minerva
Nightcap
- Populism and American political institutions Michael Zuckert, National Affairs
- The Fed’s shifting goalposts George Selgin, Alt-M
- Tariffs can be deflationary Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
- Rashida Tlaib and the allure of shiny objects Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
Nightcap
- Plato and teaching foreign policy Luke Perez, Duck of Minerva
- Suicidal elites Joel Kotkin, Quillette
- Debating the far right Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Buddhist Hell park Laetitia Barbier, Atlas Obscura
Nightcap
- Who lost Czechoslovakia? Benn Steil, History Today
- How the Black Death changed Europe’s cities Jedwab, Johnson, and Koyama, Voxeu
- Victorian England and the Japanese Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
- Solzhenitsyn and the human spirit Daniel Mahoney, Modern Age
Nightcap
- The Second Earl of Liverpool SJD Green, Law & Liberty
- Multilateralism is cooperative, not imperial Ankit Panda, Diplomat
- Should we worry about deplatforming? Arnold Kling, askblog
- Eating someone Lori Marino, Aeon
Nightcap
- Ayn Rand and international politics Edwin van de Haar, NOL
- Seeing the Gothic in Notre Dame blaze Cynthia Houng, JHIBlog
- So let it be unwritten Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- The persistence of poverty Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
Nightcap
- The stoic grief of the Gold Star Mothers John McKay, American Conservative
- “My body, my choice” Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
- “Frontier” history has gotten much better, no thanks to David McCullough Rebecca Onion, Slate
- The loss of a symbol of civilization Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon