[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At the Cranky Sociologists, SocProf notes the militarization of policing in the United States.


• The Dragon's Tales updates us on fighting in the east of Ukraine.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog's Jonathan Wynn notes the quiet potential for controversy over representations of non-traditional gender and sexual orientation.


• Far Outliers discovers the first American official graves in Japan (dating from the mid-19th century, in Hakodate) and the first Japanese official graves in the United States (dating from the late 19th century, in Hawaii).


• At Lawyers, Guns and Money, Robert Farley links to his analysis of what a war between China and the United States would look like. It would be costly for both, though perhaps more for the Americans.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen observes the extreme dependence of the economy of Afghanistan on war-related subsidies.


• Torontoist's Desmond Cole makes the case that affordable housing is a major but unexplored issue in this election.


• Towleroad notes the racism expressed by the "Mr. Gay May" selected by Têtu magazine in France.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes the latest developments in the libel case brought by global warming scientist Michael Mann against Mark Steyn.