[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait revisits the skydiver/meteorite video. It looks like it was just a rock in the chute.


• Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the benefits of leaving one's comfort zone.


• At False Steps, Paul Drye presents the life of Mercury capsule designer Max Faget.


• A Fistful of Euros' Doug Merrill warns (1, 2) about the growing scope of Russia's actions in Ukraine.


• The Financial Times' Gideon Rachman argues that Russia under Putin is trying to destroy the current Ukrainian state.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the two daughters of Lyndon Baines Johnson think that American president would likely support same-sex marriage based on his principles.


• At Lawyers, Guns and Money, Scott Lemieux celebrates the defeat of the Parti Québécois as something that would protect religious freedom.


• Marginal Revolution hosts a discussion in the comments surrounding the economic policies of Narendra Modi, aspirant for the Indian presidency.


• John Moyer writes about the virtues of revisiting some books (here, James Joyce's Dubliners).


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders if Russian expansion into Ukraine will encourage imperialism generally and wonders how the ZunZuneo social networking project in Cuba was supposed to prmote democracy.


• At the Russian Demographics blog, the author notes that Russia stands out not only among European countries but among the BRICs.


• Window on Eurasia holds that Ukrainian Muslims prefer Ukraine to Russia and argues in favour of a sustained policy of non-recognition of Crimea's annexation.