- Canada’s Dark Side Susan Neylan, Origins
- The ethics of looted art Ian Johnson, NY Times
- Van Gogh and Japan Alastair Sooke, BBC
- How Chinese students exercise free speech abroad Fran Martin, Economist
art history
Nightcap
- Exquisite Rot: Spalted Wood and the Lost Art of Intarsia Daniel Elkind, Public Domain Review
- Classic books: Like ice in children’s hands Alberto Manguel, Times Literary Supplement
- Our aquatic universe Tim Folger, Aeon
- From eternity to here: the Rome we have lost Ingrid Rowland, Commonweal
Nightcap
- When New York became a global metropolis Francis Morrone, City Journal
- Asia everywhere Peter Miller, Views
- The artist who was too empathic Kito Nedo, artnet
- Berlin’s Jewish revival Matthew Engel, New Statesman
Nightcap
- Are the “educated elite” even educated, or elite? David French, National Review
- Fired anti-Trump employee might have a First Amendment case Ken White, Popehat
- Just enough tears for Jean-Michel Basquiat Stuart Klawans, the Nation
- Indifferently Spacefaring Civilizations Nick Nielsen, Centauri Dreams
Nightcap
- Delacroix and his followers? Joe Lloyd, 1843
- Cortés and his allies Álvaro Enrigue, NY Review of Books
- God and the mathematicians Josephine Livingstone, New Republic
- Comey and the libertarians Stephen Cox, Liberty Unbound
Nightcap
- Down and out with Chaïm Soutine Joe Lloyd, 1843
- On Sodomy And Restoration Liam Heneghan, 3 Quarks Daily
- Human Rights and Neoliberalism Nils Gilman, LA Review of Books
- Under the Skin Gene Callahan, Modern Age
Nightcap
- So you want my opinion (as an economist)? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Don’t Let Doubts About Blockchains Close Your Mind Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View
- Hayek, Radner, and Rational-Expectations Equilibrium David Glasner, Uneasy Money
- Beautiful art from the Armenian diaspora Avedis Hadjian, Le Monde Diplomatique
