[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Charley Ross reflects on the story of Carla Vicentini, a Brazilian apparently abducted from New Jersey a decade ago.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog reflects on the concept of anomie.


• Far Outliers looks at the southwest Pacific campaigns of 1942, and reflects on Australian-American tensions in New Guinea in the Second World War.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money reflects briefly on the disaster in Houston.


• The Map Room Blog links to two interesting longform takes on maps in fantasy.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer considers the extent to which urban policy has contributed to Houston's issues.


• Roads and Kingdoms tells the story of a Shabbat celebration in Zimbabwe, and of the country's Jewish community.


• Strange Company tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of Lieutenant Paul Byron Whipkey. What was done to him?


• Unicorn Booty reports on how the Supreme Court of India has found people have a legal right to their orientation.


• Window on Eurasia reports on the growing number of Russian citizens with Chinese connections.


• Arnold Zwicky talks about Tom Bianchi's vintage Fire Island photos.

Comments

[robby]

Things have been very difficult for whites in Zimbabwe. They hint about that in this article. The new Prime Minister of South Africa is now also ratcheting down on white South Africans.