- Welcome back, American nationalism Francis Buckley, Cato Unbound
- When belief makes reality David Riesbeck, Policy of Truth
- The slave holders on the border Melchisedek Chétima, Africa is a Country
- Yes, The Black Hole is Legit Sci-fi Rick Brownell,
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- Trump still trying to squelch media’s left-wing slant Robbie Soave, Hit & Run
- People, there’a a whole wide world out there Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The painted towns of Rajasthan (India) John Butler, Asian Review of Books
- Beyond the SETI paradigm Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Nightcap
- Hanukkah’s Celebration of Assimilation Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- How apartheid poisoned the world Peter Hain, Spectator
- A new understanding of human fragility and wholeness Stefanos Geroulanos, Aeon
- GM vs. Tariff Man Shikha Dalmia, the Week
Nightcap
- The original meaning of the 14th Amendment Damon Root, Reason
- Understanding politics today Stephen Davies, Cato Unbound
- It sometimes begins with Emerson Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- RealClearHistory‘s 10 best history films of 2018
Nightcap
- Haiti > Cuba David Henderson, EconLog
- When bad government matters Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- The future of American foreign policy Ashford & Thrall, War on the Rocks
- Sheep without shepherds Ross Douthat, NY Times
Nightcap
- Against HIPPster regulation Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Is the “culture of poverty” functional? Bryan Caplan, EconLog
- A sex fiend Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- Do we have the historians we deserve? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
Nightcap
- Cultural Marxism and the New Right Neuffer & Paul, Eurozine
- Black soldiers in European wars, 18th century edition Elena Schneider, Age of Revolutions
- A forgotten Indian hero TR Vivek, Pragati
- The treason prosecution of Jefferson Davis Will Baude, Volokh Conspiracy
Nightcap
- Parmesan cheese and Sunbucks Coffee Scott Sumner, EconLog
- In search of the true Dao Ian Johnson, ChinaFile
- The ‘flower men’ of Saudi Arabia Molly Oringer, BBC
- French anti-tax revolts are nothing new Murray Rothbard, Free Market
Nightcap
- Reflections on totalitarianism’s greatest critic Daniel Mahoney, City Journal
- Ralph Nader’s weird novel predicted the future Jeff Greenfield, Politico
- Hack gaps and noble lies John Holbo, Crooked Timber
- Social noble lies Bill Rein, NOL
Nightcap
- African soldiers (excellent film review) Jeremy Harding, London Review of Books
- Not born in the USA Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- Iraq’s Kurds versus Turkey’s Kurds Mahmut Bozarslan, Al-Monitor
- Branko Milanovic’s confusion on inequality David Henderson, EconLog
Nightcap
- Hannah Arendt On Why It’s Urgent To Break Your Bubble Siobhan Kattago, IAI
- Does the right to self-defense apply against agents of the state? Jason Brennan, Reason
- Amazon (the company) and the Department of Defense Melanie Sisson, War on the Rocks
- ‘I have noticed a difference between older EDM stars and younger ones’ Cory Arcangel, Are.na
Nightcap
- Chinese and Soviets backed South African liberation movements…and apartheid ones, too Martin Plaut, QZ
- The dilemmas of competing with Xi Jinping’s China Peter Mattis, War on the Rocks
- Frankopan’s New Silk Road: A review Francis Sempa, Asian Review of Books
- How the sneaker conquered the world Luke Leitch, 1843
Nightcap
- A short romp through medieval London Philip Parker, Literary Review
- The new globalisation Richard Baldwin, VOX
- Why we miss the WASPs Ross Douthat, NY Times
- The fragility of badness Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- At home with the homeless Johannes Lenhard, Aeon
- Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Ursula Lindsey, the Nation
- Tyler Cowen on geopolitics marginalrevolution
- Collected. Bought. Looted? Friedel & von Gliszczynski, Africa is a Country
The Americanism of Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos
Life has been very busy, and so I am not blogging nearly as much as I would like to. Nevertheless, I would like to share my last published paper with you guys. Here is the abstract:
Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos was one of the main ideologists of the Brazilian Liberal Party in the 1860s and 1870s. Through several books, pamphlets and articles, Tavares Bastos defended that Brazil should follow a greater political and administrative decentralization, granting greater autonomy to the provinces. Another way to summarize Tavares Bastos’s political thinking is to say that he had great admiration for the United States, and understood that Brazil should, within the possibilities, copy more the political model of this country. Thus, this text interprets the political thinking of Tavares Bastos emphasizing as central factor of this the proposal that Brazil should not only more closely copy US federalism, but also get closer to the US in its foreign policy.
I do believe that Tavares Bastos is a great political thinker in Brazilian history and even beyond. Someone very worth knowing. Today Brazil is turning right, and the debate between Conservatives, Classical Liberals, and Libertarians is getting hotter. That is one reason why I believe Tavares Bastos is important today. A classical liberal, he opposed the nationalists/conservatives of his day. Here is the link for the complete article.
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