- Answering the shutdown skeptics Santiago Ramos, Commonweal
- The Communist Party in Yugoslavia Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Natural Law through recent American history Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty
- Learning Arabic in early modern Europe Fitzroy Morrissey, History Today
Leo Strauss
Nightcap
- Thoughts on Strauss and Machiavelli Jerry Weinberger, Law & Liberty
- Rationalism, rationality & reasonableness Chris Dillow, Stumbling and Mumbling
- Dialogue with the Public and Academic Snobbery Carole McGranahan, Savage Minds
- 1983: the year the world nearly ended Julie McDowall, Spectator
Around the Web
- Athens on the Midway: Defending Leo Strauss
- Should Earth Shut the Hell Up?
- Space of Mediation: Why do international labor recruiters in China charge so much, and why are they difficult to regulate?
- The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria’s war
Christmas went well. I’ve got four books I have to read before the three books I ordered from amazon.com (thanks to a gift card) arrive.