[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Dragon's Tales links to a private proposal for the ESA to launch
• The Everyday Sociology Blog's Peter Kaufman finds sociology and mindfulness meditation quite compatible.


• Far Outliers takes a look at the instability of the post-Ottoman Arab kingdoms of the Middle East.


• Joe. My. God. notes that AIDS denialists are trying to shut down YouTube commentary on their ideas by claiming copyright on videos referenced in these commentaries.


• Marginal Revolution notes that Spain is now partaking in the European Union-wide market for health care services.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw observes that, perhaps contrary stereotypes, his Australian region of New England had a very large Chinese population.
  
• J. Otto Pohl notes how the social geography of Accra, Ghana's capital, has changed and not changed over time.


• The Planetary Society Blog features a guest post from Bill Dunford talking of various missions sent to our sun.


• The Volokh Conspiracy announces a week of posts on the position of sharia law in the United States.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Ukrainian Orthodox (Kyiv Patriarchate) as well as Ukrainian Catholics are opposed to Russia, and quotes statistics (the high number of .ru-registered websites outside of Russia, the high Kazakh birth rate, conspiracy theories about Ukraine) which suggest things might be problematic for Russia.