- Who is Joe Epstein? Jonathan Leaf, Modern Age
- “Company-style” paintings from 19th century Burma Jonathan Saha, Colonizing Animals
- Nazis: A Modern Field Guide Jonathan Kay, Quillette
- The Dangers of Letting Someone Else Decide Jonathan Klick, Cato Unbound
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- The passion for a kind of justice born of righteous rage Waller Newell, Claremont Review of Books
- Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War: Less Than Grand Strategy Andrew Bacevich, the Nation
- No, Sex Wasn’t Better for Women Under Socialism Cathy Young, Reason
- I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria Samuel Reilly, 1843
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- The true face of Islam Ed Husain, Spectator
- Are American political parties realigning? Brady & Cain, National Affairs
- A nation obsessed with saying “sorry” Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, BBC
- Why we need ideology Ilya Somin, Volokh Conspiracy
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- Collapsing certainties: art and its social and cultural setting Partha Mitter, Cairo Review
- Native Americans: victims of bureaucracy Michael Adamson, the Freeman
- Native American reservations: “socialist archipelago” Andrei Znamenski, Mises Daily
- The rise of Russia’s GRU Military Intelligence Service Christian Esch, der Spiegel
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- The Prophet Muhammad’s winged horse, Buraq Yasmine Seale, Public Domain Review
- Cool-headed deliberation is the job, after all Gina Schouten, Crooked Timber
- Kavanaugh’s confirmation won’t free all of Trump’s minions Ken White, Popehat
- How the Left enabled fascism David Winner, New Statesman
Nightcap
- A history of true civilisation is not one of monuments David Wengrow, Aeon
- Feminism in Saudi Arabia Lindsey Hilsum, New York Review of Books
- The artwork of proto-Surrealist JJ Grandville Patricia Mainardi, Public Domain Review
- The other protest: Gazans against Hamas Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor
Nightcap
- The Tlatelolco massacre of 1968 Lorna Scott Fox, Times Literary Supplement
- Western Civilization “not welcome” in Australia Bella d’Abrera, Quillette
- Umber: The color of debauchery Kelly Grovier, BBC
- An interview with VS Naipaul Patrick Marnham, Literary Review
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- Legendary fart battles in the Samurai Era Richard Farrell, Vintage News
- The other side of Weimar (Germany) art David Bennun, 1843
- India’s ingenuous approach to life Christian Koch, BBC
- Revisiting the American Century Ronald Radosh, Claremont Review of Books
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- World War II and the point of Surrealism Sophie Haigney, 1843
- Is religion a universal in human culture? Brett Colasacco, Aeon
- Sikh pilgrimages: Hope for a religious corridor Tridivesh Singh Maini, The News
- For centuries, people thought lambs grew on trees Abbey Perreault, Atlas Obscura
Nightcap
- Against the Politicisation of Museums Michael Savage, Quillette
- Tech’s many political problems Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
- The robot paradox Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
- Scientific abstraction and scientific historiography Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Nightcap
- How to decolonize a museum Sarah Jilani, Times Literary Supplement
- The American island that once belonged to Russia John Zada, BBC
- America still has a heartland (it’s just an artificial one) Venkatesh Rao, Aeon
- Why Westerners fear robots and the Japanese do not Joi Ito, Wired
Nightcap
- Forget Trump: The Military-Industrial Complex is Still Running the Show With Russia Bruce Fein, American Conservative
- King Thibaw’s Elephants Jonathan Saha, Colonizing Animals
- Revolution and Decolonization in the Arab World Yoav Di-Capua, Age of Revolutions
- The Hunger for a Bold Socialism Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Afghanistan, corruption, and the CIA Edward Luttwak, Times Literary Supplement
- Ten years after the financial crisis John Lanchester, London Review of Books
- Aztec moral philosophy Sebastian Purcell, Aeon
- Balthus, eroticism, and censorship Lev Mendes, New York Review of Books
Nightcap
- Gaza is bad. We are about to make it worse Michael Koplow, Ottomans and Zionists
- Jews, Human Rights, and the Last of the Tzaddiks David Shulman, NY Review of Books
- The Liberal Conception of Freedom Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- The 19th-century painter with a warning for America Julian Beecroft, 1843
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- 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
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