[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton suggests that with the psychological and physical costs to nuclear power in Japan now, orbiting solar panel arrays might be a viable alternative.


• blogTO's Derek Flack writes about how the city is coming up with strategies for keeping the collection of small stores on lower Yonge Street in downtown Torono active.


• At the Burgh Diaspora, notes are taken of the rapid aging and/or depopulation of many counties in Sunbelt states like Texas and Florida and the recent flourishing of central New York State.


• Daniel Drezner suggests that the ongoing nastiness in Côte d'Ivoire, where the incumbent president deemed illegitimate by the international community is currently being overwhelmed by opposition forces, is focusing Gadaffi's mind.


• Posting at Everyday Sociology, Todd Schoepflin professes himself amazed with the rapid advances made by communications technologies over the past two decades.


• At Geocurrents Martin Lewis points out the fragility of the nation-state of Syria, with its blurry boundaries and fluctuating group membership.


• The Global Sociology Blog notes that the social sciences reveal the extreme degree of class polarization in the United States.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money's Charli Carpenter blogs about the complications surrounding the "right to protect" doctrine which legitimized the intervention in Libya. What situations would the norm work in? And how would it conflict with other norms?


• Maximos62 blogs about the negative impact of plastic bags on the environment of Bali.


• Spacing Toronto features an interview with the leader of Community Air, a Toronto neighbourhood group opposed to the existence of the Toronto Islands' airport and the commuter flights to and fro. Me, I'd be more inclined to appreciate their argument if they weren't so inconsistent.