[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- Anthrodendum features a guest post from editors introducing a series on fieldwork and trauma.
- Crooked Timber’s John Quiggin takes a stab at trying to define neoliberalism as an ideology, not just a catch-all phrase.
- The Crux looks at desalination, a difficult process that we may need to use regardless of its difficulty.
- D-Brief notes that narcissism is linked to lower levels of stress and depression.
- Jezebel notes the return and legacy of Bratz dolls.
- Joe. My. God. shares the Sam Smith cover of the Donna Summer classic “I Feel Love”, along with other versions of that song.
- JSTOR Daily considers if graphene will ever become commercially usable.
- Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money links to an analysis warning about commercial debt. Another 2008?
- Marginal Revolution points to some papers suggesting that cannabis usage does not harm cognition, that the relationship is if anything reversed.
- Daphne Merkin at the NYR Daily looks back at her literary life, noting people now gone.
- Drew Rowsome reviews the new Daniel MacIvor play Let’s Run Away.
- The Volokh Conspiracy looks at how the Trump Administration lost two cases against sanctuary cities.
- Window on Eurasia considers, briefly, the idea of Gorbachev giving to Germany Kaliningrad, last remnant of East Prussia.
- Worthwhile Canadian Initiative looks at the rises in health spending directed towards young people. Is this a warning sign of poor health?
- Arnold Zwicky looks at Gaysper, and then at other queer ghosts.
Written by Randy McDonald
November 3, 2019 at 2:15 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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