- France hails a martyr, but Catholicism is dying there Bruce Clark, Erasmus
- The misunderstood art of the Qajar dynasty Joobin Bekhrad, BBC
- Let’s restore judicial impeachment Greg Weiner, Law and Liberty
- John Paul Stevens is wrong on Second Amendment, again Damon Root, Reason
art history
Nightcap
- The Geopolitical Risks of Trump’s Protectionism Shikha Dalmia, Reason
- A New Classic in Administrative Skepticism Jeffrey Pojanowski, Law and Liberty
- A short history of black people and their banks Towns & Hardin, LA Review of Books
- The popular connoisseur: Kenneth Clark, art historian Richard Dorment, NY Review of Books
Nightcap
- Kenneth Clark, John Berger, and art as seeing Kenan Malik, Guardian
- 10 forgotten wonders of the world Simon Schama, Financial Times
- Why writing Jewish history is so hard Adam Kirsch, New Yorker
- Ottoman erotica İrvin Cemil Schick, Aeon
Nightcap
- India at the time of the globalization Raj Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- What do earnings tell us? Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
- Haitian Voodoo art Marcus Rediker, Storyboard
- Why are there 2 distinct ways of writing Norwegian? Jessica Furseth, Literary Hub
Nightcap
- Black African Tudors of England Jonathan Carey, Atlas Obscura
- What can Marx and Smith teach us? Felix Martin, New Statesman
- The history of Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi Morgan Meis, the Easel
- Goddess of Anarchy Elaine Elinson, Los Angeles Review of Books
Nightcap
- What would “lesser Mexico” look like? Noel Maurer, The Power and the Money
- Picasso’s nudist streak Fiammetta Rocco, 1843
- In Asia, the copy is the original Byung-Chul Han, Aeon
- Pakistan’s Deadly Game with the U.S. Anthony Loyd, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Dutch Jews face tough, age-old questions Bruce Clark, Erasmus
- Elections signal the end of an era in Italy Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
- Hamas dips its toes in regional politics Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor
- Stunningly beautiful photos of art from Tibet Joshua Daugherty, JHIBlog
