Bizarre Love Triangle: Towards a New Internationalism
Isolationist screeds in the United States are extremely rare these days, which, in my opinion, makes those who promote this noble doctrine to be individuals of exceptional character. I am a regular...
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Eugene Volokh, a law professor at UCLA, says “so what?” Ari Cohen, a Political Scientist professor at the Univ. of Nebraska, says “how offensive!” Over at the American Conservative, Rod Dreher says “so...
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Gene Callahan breaks down social thought through the ages. The auto industry’s success story since Obama’s union vote-buying bailout. Debt: the first 500 pages. An economist from Australia reviews...
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1. Ron Unz, founder and editor of The American Conservative, skewers the mainstream American media for dropping the ball on all sorts of major scoops, including: 2. Richard Nixon’s abandonment of...
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Yes, Political Correctness Really Exists A brief political history of religious exemptions Cross-cultural atheism and social capital Latin Lives (excellent) Filed under: Links Tagged: Adam Garfinkle,...
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A rifle’s journey from Belgium to Gaza No Libertarian Case for Empire (this is the piece that sparked my little tirade yesterday) A dust-up over dissenting views at Ohio State law What really happened...
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Freedom of the Athenians (book review) The Myth of the Myth of Barter Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence (pdf) From West Philly to Gulshan e Iqbal and Back Obama’s Witness for the...
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China’s Legalist Revival Does Europe need a new Warsaw Pact? Daniel Larison (PhD in Russian History) on Trump’s foreign policy speech The Anti-Trumplodytes Why Popular Sovereignty requires the due...
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Generals and Political Interventions in American History “they neglect to take account of the experiences of postcolonial states that form the vast majority of members of the international system. “...
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Could Kurds hold independence referendum this year? Meet Germany’s Alt-Right Tolerated theft, suggestions about the ecology and evolution of sharing, hoarding and scrounging [pdf] It’s time for some...
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The demise of ISIS is greatly exaggerated. Good analysis, but Whiteside is still asking the wrong question 10% of DR Congo’s landmass is dedicated to national parks and other protected environmental...
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good piece of American sociology by Jeffrey Friedman (h/t Alberto Mingardi) Daniel Larison on the devastation in Puerto Rico Don Boudreaux has the best take I’ve read or heard on the Trump-pro athlete...
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the Reformation’s controversies are as relevant as ever who stole Burma’s royal rubies? the Madras Observatory: from Jesuit cooperation to British rule “There are few better illustrations of how a...
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