[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Language Log argues that, despite a lack of official or public support, Cantonese remains the dominant language of Hong Kong.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the case for the global relevance of the Cranberries' song "Zombie."


• Marginal Revolution seems to like the end results of Canada's immigration system.


• The NYR Daily notes that, even after ISIS, Iraq will be beset by multiple ethnoreligious crises.


• Out There's Corey S. Powell interviews an astronomer about the very strange Przybylski’s Star, rich in rare radioactive elements.


• Savage Minds considers the decolonization of anthropology in the context of Iraq.


• Arnold Zwicky considers the surprisingly deep historical resonance of the loon in Canada.