[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling looks at the art scene in Istanbul.


• Crooked Timber takes issue with Tyler Cowen's support for school vouchers.


• The Dragon's Tales notes signs that the ephemeral Martian lakes were temporary creations of methane outbursts, and considers how to use WISE to hunt for Planet Nine.


• Far Outliers looks at Britain's contracts with petty German states for soldiers.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas looks at Trump in the context of the conflict between orality and literacy.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes Donald Trump's complication of the United States' China policy and reports that Seattle's new minimum wage has apparently not led to job loss.


• The LRB Blog reports on The Gambia on the eve of the elections.


• Marginal Revolution notes that truth is essential for liberty and freedom.


• From the Heart of Europe's Nicholas Whyte looks at the strange history of an enclave on the border of Belfast.


• pollotenchegg maps language in Ukraine.


• Savage Minds announces that the blog will seek a new name, and that they are looking for suggestions.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russia's fertility uptick will not alter the dynamics of population loss, and reports on a Russian radical's astonishing suggestion that Russia is now in the same position versus Ukraine as Nazi Germany was versus Poland.