[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• In one of his first posts since moving back to Toronto, Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton describes coming across the immediate aftermath of a terrible accident (or "accident") at Union station and wondering about the lack of empathy expressed by commuters.


• Bag News Notes features a post from South Side Chicago resident and photographer Jon Lowenstein, who caught the immediate aftermath of a shooting in his neighbourhood.


• Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster describes the dreams of American rocket pioneer robert Goddard of interstellar migrations.


• At Crooked Timber, Eric Rauchway documents that Keynes' concern about the consequences of war indemnities on the economies of Germany and central Europe long predated any sexual affair with Germans.


• Daniel Drezner notes how off-base Marc Lynch's statement that the ongoing war in Syria undermines a pleasant narrative of the Arab Spring is, since there was plenty of suffering beforehand.


• Extraordinary Observations' Rob Pitingolo doesn't like it when cyclists are in too much of a hurry pay attention to red lights, other vehicle drivers too.


• At Lawyers, Guns and Money, B. Spencer argues that guns in the United States are much more a fetishistic icon of belonging than anything else like resisting government oppression.


• Mark Simpson reposts his 2001 review of Niall Ferguson's book The Cash Nexus.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen notes that Jamaica has seen sustained austerity for decades and also flat economic growth. Connection? And what of Europe?


• Torontoist notes that plans for a proposed shopping centre in Kensington Market along Bathurst Street have been released. Controversy will ensue.


• Window on Eurasia notes statistics suggesting that only 3% of Russians attended the Russian Orthodox Church's Easter services.