- The dangerous blinders of realism Paul Rahe, American Interest
- The Kurdish solution nobody wants (including the Kurds) Shikha Dalmia the Week
- The Soviet writer who pleased both the West and his communist censors Yury Bit-Yunan, LARB
- The Dutch Republic in the Little Ice Age Dagomar Degroot, Aeon
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Nightcap
- Not all Indian reservations are alike Ryan McMaken, Power & Market
- Is the UK about to become Canada? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Why economists are wrong so often Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Life, fate, and the assault on liberalism Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Macroeconomics for all times and all places Scott Sumner, EconLog
- The recrudescence of zero-sum thinking Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- The Machiavelli of Maryland Thomas Meaney, Guardian
- From Russian Jew to Soviet literary hero Sheila Fitzpatrick, the Nation