Archive - Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Why Venezuela Is Not Iraq

History says regime change can actually work

22 hrs ago • Richard Hanania

The Backwards Populist Narrative on Covid

Attributing blame for our overreaction to the pandemic

Dec 10 • Richard Hanania

Human Capital, Not "Industrial Policy," Explains East Asian Success

The real question is why Koreans are so poor

Dec 8 • Richard Hanania

The Kim Wexler Theory

Review of Pluribus, S1:E1-E6

Dec 7 • Richard Hanania and Chris Nicholson

1:26:17

How Federal Law Made Us All Disabled

Society owes those who take a stand against mass hysterias

Dec 4 • Richard Hanania

On Being Possessed by the Antihero

Review of There Will Be Blood (2007)

Dec 3 • Richard Hanania and Tyler Tone

1:03:15

Should All Parents Consider Embryo Selection?

Sperm competition doesn't appear to be doing much

Dec 1 • Richard Hanania

November 2025

Hitler's Sex Life and the Great Man Theory of History

Links for November 2025

Nov 30 • Richard Hanania

What Does It Mean to Have Gratitude to a Country?

Thanks to some Americans, past and present

Nov 27 • Richard Hanania

I Dream of Heroic Africans Fighting for Ukraine

Western money plus third world manpower can defeat Putin

Nov 25 • Richard Hanania

The Neoliberal Era Was Not Pro-Market Enough

Free market economists made government plateau, not shrink

Nov 24 • Richard Hanania

The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships

There are costs to lying about basic biology

Nov 20 • Richard Hanania

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