[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that the Toronto real estate market is now the most unaffordable of any in Canada.


• The Big Picture shares photos of melting Antarctica.


• Crooked Timber considers the economic benefits of open borders, and the costs.


• Dangerous Minds shares photos of posters from Paris in 1968.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the problems of legal education in California.


• The New APPS Blog thinks poorly of South Carolina's Republicans.


• Marginal Revolution wonders if China will do better than the United States at dealing with air pollution.


• The NYRB Daily considers the collection of Neapolitan Christmas crèches.


• Palun looks at seasonal affective disorder in northern Estonia.


• Peter Watts wishes his readers happy holidays.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes the distribution of the populations of the US, Canada and Europe by latitude.


• The Volokh Conspiracy compares concerns over Muslim immigration to opposition to Turkish membership in the EU.


• Window on Eurasia argues populism will not lead to structural change and suggests Putin's policies are a consequence of his fatigue.