[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly comments on her search for belonging.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper that estimates the number of flares among brown dwarfs based on observation of red dwarfs.


• The Dragon's Tales links to a Foreign Affairs article arguing that Eurasian integration has been hurt by Ukraine.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the Pet Shop Boys have called for a mass pardon of Britons convicted of violating past laws banning gay sex.


• Language Log's Victor Mair notes the widely variant translations of different Chinese languages and registers by online translators.


• The New APPS Blog notes that Switzerland would be a good model for the democratic European Union.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that Mexico is on the rise.


• Understanding Society's Daniel Little studies the public opinions towards welfare states and the role of the market in the United States and Nordic countries.


• The Volokh Conspiracy considers the limit of the treaty powers of the American federal government. Could the US sign over Alaska to Russia?


• Window on Eurasia notes that the Ukrainian crisis has reenergized NATO and links to a Russian writer who argues that Russia is set to become a civilizational empire, not a nation-state.