[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly makes a case about the benefits of radical honesty.


• At the Buffer, Belle Beth Cooper describes how she has streamlined her writing style.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that China's space station isn't doing much.


• Eastern Approaches observes the continuing popularity of Polish populist Lech Kaczynski.


• The Financial Times' The World blog notes the vulnerable popularity of UKIP's Nigel Farage.


• Geocurrents' Asya Perelstvaig comments on the entry of Jewish businessman Vadim Rabinovich into the Ukrainian presidential contest.


• Joe. My. God. is unconvinced by the suggestion that marriage equality means the end of gay bars.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money's Erik Loomis speculates about the responsibility of American consumers for air pollution in exporting Asia.


• At the Planetary Society Blog, Constantine Tsang describes evidence for volcanism on Venus.


• Savage Minds interviews one Laura Forlano on the intersections between anthropology and design.


• Towleroad mourns the death of godfather of house music Frankie Knuckles.