Substacks recommended by Stephen Greenleaf

Recommended by Stephen Greenleaf

Johnathan Bi

Studying the great books, sharing my learnings through lectures & interviews

Genius & Ink 🖌

By Vashik Armenikus

Modern Meditations On Timeless Ideas

One First

By Steve Vladeck

A weekly newsletter aiming to make the Supreme Court’s rulings, procedures, and history more accessible to all

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Explains what is happening, and why in our turbulent era. Speaks truth to power. 1 written & 1 broadcast commentary/day 6x/week.

Chartbook

By Adam Tooze

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

Burning Archive

By Jeff Rich

History • Stories → Changing Worlds. Monthly long reads, weekly essays, & slow read that make sense of deep changes in world order, culture, society & politics. Paid subscribers receive bonus guide to 100+ quality history books.

Unpopular Front

By John Ganz

the junk shop of history

The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith.

Thomas P.M. Barnett’s Global Throughlines

By Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett

Grand strategic analysis from a grand strategist who thinks deeply across time and widely across domains

Always insightful, based on factual research and reasoned analysis.

- Stephen Greenleaf

Pondercraft

By Tracy

Anthropocene, political thought, travel, and the craft of lifelong learning to be a better human

This site shares some common interests & perspectives with my inquiries & reflections. It poses important questions & thoughtfully ponders the possible answers! Truth in advertising!

- Stephen Greenleaf

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

Reflections by Samantha Rose Hill

By Reflections by Samantha Hill

Reflections on art, culture, literature, philosophy and politics

To the Contrary

By Charlie Sykes

You are not the crazy ones.

Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger

...Iowa, small towns, and saddle shoes

The Palladium Letter

By Palladium Magazine

Palladium Magazine's weekly updates and articles exploring the future of governance and society.

Provocative, insightful thought. Enough said.

- Stephen Greenleaf

American Schism

By Seth David Radwell

American Schism focuses on a current news topic and its historical antecedents. Its driving question is: What can the past teach us that can help us better understand the present?

Phillips’s Newsletter

By Phillips P. OBrien

Whatever intrigues me--these days the Russo-Ukraine War with regular departures

America, America

By Steven Beschloss

Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency.

DeLong's Grasping Reality: Economy in the 2000s & Before

By Brad DeLong

One of the best ways to learn to make sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more. Betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same over time.