[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes the bizarre Evan Solomon scandal at CBC.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on the nascent planetary system of HD 169142, which includes a Nemesis-class exoplanet distant from its star.


• The Dragon's Tales links to a paper suggesting that the very young Titan had a much denser atmosphere.


• Far Outliers notes that as late as the 1830s, New Mexico was arguably a Comanche dependency as much as it was a Mexican territory.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how political strategists who call on the Democratic Party to reach out to southern whites are missing much.


• Marginal Revolution notes that India's cities, unlike China's, are not that significantly more productive than rural areas.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes the apparent appearance of a groove on the latest Pluto pictures.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer explains the Mexican midterm elections.


• Spacing links to a fascinating review of the politics and construction of museums in China.


• Window on Eurasia is skeptical about the viability of Russian imperial nationalism and suggests that Russia's past expansions, if they are to be durable, rely on ethnic cleansing.


• Zero Geography looks at the wages of digital workers worldwide and finds noteworthy patterns.