Jun 20, 2013 15:46
- Crooked Timber considers the BMI.
- Daniel Drezner wonders if Barack Obama's apparent lack of intimate relationships with other world leaders might be a problem.
- The Dragon's Tales notes that the symbiosis that started off photosynthesis took off only 900 million years ago.
- Eastern Approaches notes the terribly high death toll on Polish roads.
- A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh examines the Greek economy. Grexit might be possible.
- At Lawyers, Guns and Money, Erik Loomis celebrates the 150th anniversary of the state of West Virginia.
- Marginal Revolution woners if, in the aftermath of the ERT television fiasco, Greece might be about to snap.
- A Registan essay suggests Central Asia may still be important if only because the Chinese are interested in it.
- Savage Minds considers the problems of anthropology. Why aren't anthropologists trying to make their field more relevant? The answers aren't flattering.
- Towleroad covers ex-gay movement Exodus' dissolution and an apology by its leader. That's something, surely, but is it enough?
- Window on Eurasia notes that a lack of trust in Russian society might explain popular sympathies towards authoritarianism and xenophobia.
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