[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton suspects that handwriting will become obsolete, but that it may hang on as an affectation of the well-off.


• Douglas Muir at A Fistful of Euros writes about how Ukraine's new prime minister is moving his country towards Russia.


• Douglas also argues at Halfway Down the Danube that Mexico isn't going to face the lowest-low fertility of Spain and Italy, on the grounds of basic cultural differences.


• Noel Maurer presents the history of Oklahoma's Italian-American community,


• Personal Reflection's Jim Belshaw writes about how things like the Internet can broaden people's perspectives on history and history-writing, and in creating shared communities of interest out of isolated individuals.


• Prince Edward Island's Peter Rukavina breaks the news that mainlanders tend to think that Islanders aren't friendly. The commenters suggest this is largely because the Island is such a tight-knit and isolated community that there isn't any room for strangers.


• At Savage Minds, Dustin notes that history curriculums which don't explicitly incorporate the experiences of minority groups might be normative but are also biased.


• Spacing Toronto's Shawn Micallef writes about how spring has led Torontonians to reclaim their cities.