[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams remembers Ben Finney, this time from the angle of a man with an interest in space colonization.


• Crooked Timber wonders what will happen to the Anglo-American tradition of liberalism.


• Dangerous Minds imagines the VHS tapes of Logan and Stranger Things.


• Far Outliers notes the Soviet twist on Siberian exile.


• Inkfish notes that Detroit is unique among cities in being a good place for bumblebees.


• Marginal Revolution wonders if modern Germany really is a laboratory for innovative politics.


• The NYRB Daily looks at José Maria de Eça de Queirós, the "Proust of Portugal".


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw updates his readers on his writing projects.


• Torontoist reports on how Avi Lewis and Cheri DiNovo have advocated for the NDP's Leap Manifesto.