[LINK] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Gideon Rachman blogs about the rather anti-democratic nature of the misleadingly named People's Alliance for Democracy, aimed as it is against the poor rural majority. There's a lively debate in the comments caused by posters who argue that the alliance was motivated by massive corruption.


• Language Hat posts about the thoroughly Francophone nature of the 19th century Russian nobility. There are interesting comparisons to be made with (say) English in India and other post-colonial language environments.


• The Pagan Prattle lets us know that a sex counsellor in England has been let go because his Christianity kept him from working with a same-sex couple.