[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton comes out in favour of seeing Scottish independence not as a sign of failure. Sometimes relationships just end.


• blogTO lists the top ten thrift shops in Toronto.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a study on interactions between exoplanets and their host stars.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the growing strength of the Catalonian separatist movement.


• Marginal Revolution touches upon the enclaves created by the convoluted Indo-Bangladeshi frontier, and the sufferings of their inhabitants.


• Towleroad notes the arrest of three people in Serbia who attacked a German LGBT activist, leaving him in critical condition.


• Transit Toronto notes the state of construction on the Eglinton light rail route.


• The Volokh Conspiracy and Marginal Revolution both note the arguments of economist Bryan Caplan in favour of open borders.


• Window on Eurasia notes Russian support for pro-Russian parties in the Donets Basin, and suggests that 3500 Russian soldiers have died in the Ukrainian fighting.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell suggests that the United Kingdom has been hollowed out by a political centre that doesn't see much use in the British state and its traditions.