- Is Heaven’s Gate really a bad movie? Rick Brownell
- You can’t go home again, America Emma Ashford, War on the Rocks
- Nostalgia and democracy Seth Cotlar, Age of Revolutions
- Aleppo after the fall Robert Worth, New York Times Magazine
nostalgia
Nightcap
- The lost cause of the confederation Michael Koplow, Ottomans and Zionists
- When Concorde was the future Stuart Nathan, 1843
- Young and Russian in DC Ben Schreckinger, Politico
- The 50-year fall of the American middle class Regina Munch, Commonweal
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- Sexual Harassment’s Legal Maze Rachel Lu, Law & Liberty
- Why the argument for democracy may finally be working for socialists rather than against them Corey Robin, Crooked Timber
- How much value does the Chinese government place on freedom? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Authoritarian Nostalgia Among Iraqi Youth Marsin Alshamary, War on the Rocks
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- Modernism without industrialism Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Adam Smith’s suspicions about democracy Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Left-wing nostalgia Sean Cashbaugh, H-socialisms
- The importance of Richard Pipes (RIP) Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest