[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about two days recently spent in Washington D.C. I would like to go there myself, I think, and for more than a quick bus transfer in the night.


• Crooked Timber considers what the upper classes of the United States are getting from the new tax cuts.


• Daily JSTOR considers the ethics of having the art of Banksy displayed in the occupied West Bank. Is it ethical?


• Far Outliers notes the impact of missionary organizations on the US Peace Corps.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas notes that the "we" used in talk about technology does not include everyone, that it is a selective "we."


• Imageo shares satellite imagery of the Arctic suggesting this winter in North America will be a harsh one.


• Language Hat links to an article noting the dialect of English that refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos have developed.


• The LRB Blog shares a report of a visit to the Estonian National Museum, and a reflection on the mythology of nationhood.


• Marginal Revolution links to a paper claiming legalized abortion, not birth control, played the leading role in the emancipation of American women.


• The NYR Daily notes the cult of personality surrounding Obama.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders what happened to the Afro-Argentines, numerous until the 19th century.


• Drew Rowsome notes a reading of the classic gay Canadian play Fortune and Men's Eyes, scheduled for the 11th at Buddies in Bad Times.


• Window on Eurasia links to a scholarly examination of the Soviet annexation of once-independent Tannu Tuva, back in 1944.