- This is your US Constitution on drugs Ilya Shapiro, National Affairs
- The early years of Communist Party rule Ian Johnson, NY Times
- Why Leftists prefer and even encourage “cancel culture” Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
- The rumour about the Jews Francesca Trivellato, Aeon
- New light on the dark interwar years Tony Barber, Financial Times
antisemitism
Nightcap
- Axialization and institutionalization Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Google’s political problems are getting worse Shirin Ghaffary, Recode
- Who wrote Ron Paul’s racist newsletters? (Lew Rockwell and Jeffrey Tucker) The Economist
- Trump is not coming for Jews, but somebody is Michael Koplow, Ottomans and Zionists
Nightcap
- Antisemitism was anti-capitalist and anti-communist Colin Schindler, History Today
- The invention of money John Lanchester, New Yorker
- Why do we look to Science as a guide for living? Ronald Dworkin, Law & Liberty
- Salman Rushdie’s hyperloquacity Matt Hill, Literary Review
Around the Web
- The Decline and Fall of France
- Rooked: The evolution of cheating in chess
- The decline of Europe’s military might
- Bodies in the desert
- Is antisemitism back in Europe? Did it really ever leave?
- The superiority of democracy over dictatorship is no reason to ignore the problem of political ignorance
- Why did men stop wearing high heels?
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