09/02/2025 - Tuesday Links

1. Manifest Destiny: A Thought for the New York Times (Bradley J. Birzer’s Substack)

2. What Are Obits For? (Transient Ground)

3. The Freeman in Sweden (The Freeman)

4. China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried. (New York Times)

5. Does it make sense for America to keep subsidising a sinking city? (Economist)