[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Burgh Diaspora points to articles discussing Germany's ongoing demographic issues.


• Crooked Timber's John Quiggin meditates on the rapid urbanization of China.


• Daniel Drezner expects somewhat more out of the recent Iranian election of a moderate president than of North Korea's latest diplomatic moves.


• The Dragon's Tales' Will Baird shares the news that none of the planets discovered orbiting Tau Ceti are likely to be habitable, e being Venus-like and f closer to Mars. There's still space for a low-mass planet orbiting between e and f, though, right?


• Geocurrents criticizes the recently publicized linguistics thesis claiming that languages which have ejective consonants are likely to have evolved in mountainous areas, where these sharp sounds are suited to area with low air pressure.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen agrees now with Dani Rodrik's long-staning critique of Turkish politics this past decade as undemocratic.


• The New APPS Blog notes the blemishing of Erdogan's record in Turkey and mass protests in Brazil's Sao Paulo over public transit.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders if the Colombian-American alliance might worsen Colombia's insurgencies.


• Peter Rukavina shares the GIS numbers of Prince Edward Island, the geographical coordinates of a box encompassing the island province.


• Torontoist notes that Toronto saw the first pay-TV show, a 1961 Bob Newhart special.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes the imprisonment in Egypt of a Muslim cleric convicted of offending Christians.