[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Language Hat reports on the Wenzhounese of Italy.


• Language Log writes about the tones of Cantonese.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money writes about the costs of law school. (They are significant, and escalating hugely.)


• Marginal Revolution reports on the problems facing the Brazilian pension system, perhaps overgenerous for a relatively poor country facing rapid aging.


• Neuroskeptic reports on the latest re: the crisis of scientists not being able to replicate evidence, now even their own work being problematic.


• Personal Reflections considers the questions of how to preserve the dignity of people facing Alzheimer's.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes a Financial Times article looking at the impact of aging on global real estate.


• Spacing Toronto talks about the campaign to name a school after Jean Earle Geeson, a teacher and activist who helped save Fort York.


• At Wave Without A Shore, C.J. Cherryh shares photos of her goldfish.


• Window on Eurasia notes growing instability in Daghestan, looks at the latest in Georgian historical memory, and shares an article arguing that Putin's actions have worsened Russia's reputation catastrophically.