- Just another story about a UCLA Bruin Wayne Drehs, ESPN
- A history of black voting rights in the US Pippa Holloway, Origins
- What is origin of China’s success? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- One final look at the Heisei Era Alex Martin, Japan Times
Japanese culture
Nightcap
- Who lost Czechoslovakia? Benn Steil, History Today
- How the Black Death changed Europe’s cities Jedwab, Johnson, and Koyama, Voxeu
- Victorian England and the Japanese Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books
- Solzhenitsyn and the human spirit Daniel Mahoney, Modern Age
Nightcap
- Will UCLA ever escape John Wooden’s shadow? ESPN
- The politics of the classics in Japan John D’Amico, JHIBlog
- When Pakistan had jazz and cabarets in abundance Ali Bhutto, Guardian
- Lego vs. Lepin Rob Fisher, Samizdata
Nightcap
- Marxism for Tories Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Open Borders and self-determination Eric Mack, Bleeding Heart Libertarians
- The 2nd Amendment and public housing Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy
- It’s time to start watching Japan’s best military sci-fi series Robert Beckhusen, War is Boring
Nightcap
- Brexit and the battle for sovereignty Alex Massie, CapX
- Japanese media and its foreigners Elanor Sezer, Japan Times
- The most original novelist in America Laura Miller, Slate
- The Englishman who saved Japan’s cherry blossoms Claire Hazelton, Spectator
Afternoon Tea: No Kakinomoto Hitomaro (1835)
From Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai:
This one can be found at the Guimet Museum in Paris, in case you’re ever there…
Afternoon Tea: The waterfall of Amida behind the Kiso Road (1827)
From the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai:
Notes On Liberty 