[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Cody Delistraty links to an article of his at The Atlantic examining the connection between beauty and happiness.


• A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh looks at Abenomics in Japan and notes that Japan's econom change.


• On Tumblr, I Give In shares pictures of lady slipper flowers growing in abundance at CFB Gatetown.


• Joe. My God., Lawyers, Guns and Money, and Towleroad all share the news that Texas governor Rick Perry was indicted on multiple felony charges.


• Language Hat shares a paper suggesting that most languages above a certain size (35 thousand speakers) are not declining).


• Languages of the World's Asya Perelstvaig reposts her study of the correlation between ethnicity and political parties in Israel.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money traces the ongoing deterioration in Russian-Ukrainian relations to the point of open war.


• Marginal Revolution looks at the economy of Switzerland and wonders if deflation is a problem for the European economy.


• Spacing Toronto shares a photo of the view over the Bathurst bridge.


• Towleroad notes the struggles of gay Palestinians in Israel.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes problems with regulating certain Jewish rites on sanitary grounds.