[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Anthrodendum features a guest post from editors introducing a series on fieldwork and trauma.


• Crooked Timber's John Quiggin takes a stab at trying to define neoliberalism as an ideology, not just a catch-all phrase.


• The Crux looks at desalination, a difficult process that we may need to use regardless of its difficulty.


• D-Brief notes that narcissism is linked to lower levels of stress and depression.


• Jezebel notes the return and legacy of Bratz dolls.


• Joe. My. God. shares the Sam Smith cover of the Donna Summer classic "I Feel Love", along with other versions of that song.


• JSTOR Daily considers if graphene will ever become commercially usable.


• Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money links to an analysis warning about commercial debt. Another 2008?


• Marginal Revolution points to some papers suggesting that cannabis usage does not harm cognition, that the relationship is if anything reversed.


• Daphne Merkin at the NYR Daily looks back at her literary life, noting people now gone.


• Drew Rowsome reviews the new Daniel MacIvor play Let's Run Away.


• The Volokh Conspiracy looks at how the Trump Administration lost two cases against sanctuary cities.


• Window on Eurasia considers, briefly, the idea of Gorbachev giving to Germany Kaliningrad, last remnant of East Prussia.


• Worthwhile Canadian Initiative looks at the rises in health spending directed towards young people. Is this a warning sign of poor health?


• Arnold Zwicky looks at Gaysper, and then at other queer ghosts.