- 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
art history
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
Nightcap
- An ancient epic poem recounts the ‘Indian war’ of Dionysus Blake Smith, the Wire
- Sketchbook of 15th-century engineer Johannes de Fontana Bennett Gilbert, Public Domain Review
- Van Gogh’s love affair with Japan Joe Lloyd, 1843
- Relatedness: De-toxifying the mind Peter Miller, Views
Lunchtime Links
- 25 years after Waco | Freedom of Conscience and the Rule of Law
- The US-Japan Alliance and Soviet competition | Some thoughts on “Thinking About Libertarian Foreign Policy”
- Japan’s rent-a-family industry | In Search of Firmer Cosmopolitan Solidarity
- The story of the skull of a victim of the Indian Uprising of 1857 | Myths of Sovereignty and British Isolation, III
- Reviving India’s classical liberal party | Classical Liberalism and the Nation State
- The decline of regional American art | A History of Regional Governments
- Michelle Pfeiffer keeps getting better and better | On the paradox of poverty and good health in Cuba
- “It was the most devastating loss in the history of the Library.” | No, natural disasters are not good for the economy
Nightcap
- 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
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
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