[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• James Bow, in the Kitchener-Waterloo area in southwestern Ontario, reports on what the recession looks like in his part of the world. So far things aren't too bad.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a study on exoplanets looking for binary star companions.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas bids farewell to his blog for now.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw describes the competitive portrait scene in Australia.


• pollotenchegg looks to the 1926 Soviet census to see what it has to say on ethnicity in Ukraine's mixed Donbas region.


• Torontoist looks at the city's floating houseboats.


• The Volokh Conspiracy analyzes to death the false allegations of a positive link between immigration and crime.


• Window on Eurasia notes nationality policy in Russia's regions.