• Beyond the Beyond shares an early 17th century Catholic Church communication doubting the Earth went around the sun.
• blogTO notes the sympathy cards placed outside the American consulate in Toronto.
• Crooked Timber argues that liberal progressivism hasn't been tried in recent years and so can't have failed.
• The Dragon's Tales shares one model ( Read more... )

I just discovered French singer Desireless and her 1986 international hit "Voyage, voyage".

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I find myself entranced. It's a very 1980s song, dated by its production and by its video, but it lives up to its lyrics' description of a desire for escape, for the sort of transportation that leads to transformation.

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The Impressionists who were one source of inspiration for the Group of Seven are present in substantial numbers at the Art Gallery of Ontario. One of my favourites is Camille Pissarro's Poplars, Grey Weather, Éragny.


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NBC Bay Area's Tamara Palmer looks at real estate prices in San Francisco in a rather enlightening international perspective. San Francisco is no longer going to be a place where non-rich people live, right?

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• Bloomberg notes the closure of Poland's frontier with Kaliningrad, looks at how Google is beating out Facebook in helping India get connected to the Internet, notes British arms makers' efforts to diversify beyond Europe and examines the United Kingdom's difficult negotiations to get out of the European Union, looks at the problems of investing in ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes concerns over Northern Ireland's frontiers, looks at how Japanese retailers are hoping to take advantage of Vietnam's young consumers, examines the desperation of Venezuelans shopping in Colombia, looks at Sri Lankan interest in Chinese investment, suggests oil prices need to stay below 40 dollars US a barrel for Russia to reform, ( Read more... )

• The Big Picture shares photos from the Nice terror attack.
• blogTO notes that it might soon be illegal to talk and text in Toronto.
• City of Brass' Aziz Poonawalla responds to Gingrich's call for a deportation of sharia-believing Muslims.
• Crooked Timber considers the prospects for the United Kingdom.
• Language Hat looks at the problems involved with ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes that Brexit may be good for European criminals, looks at the negative impact of Brexit on Japan's retail chains, examines the way a broken-down road reflects India-China relations, looks at Russia's shadow economy and observes Ukraine's effort to attract shippers to its ports.
• The Globe and Mail notes the mourning in Québec for the ( Read more... )

Bloomberg View's Mark Gilbert writes about the advantages, and disadvantages, of London's different Eurozone competitors for its financial industry. Paris seems to come out broadly in the lead.

Have you heard? The platforms of London's St. Pancras train station and the departure lounges of its airports are packed with anxious investment bankers, ( Read more... )

• The Dragon's Gaze considers detecting industrial civilizations through their ozone holes.
• Joe. My. God. notes the French National Front's opposition to the Pride parade in Paris.
• Language Log considers English names in China.
• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer is confused by Spanish policy towards Scotland in the era of Brexit.
• Spacing Toronto notes ( Read more... )