links

* Simple majority rule as best safeguard of minorities? Though the argument works best for a proportional representation legislature, not ballot initiatives.

* Robert Fisk on the Armenian genocide
* Tony Judt on social democracy, past present and future.
* North Korea sabotages self more.
* Uganda attacks gays. With US Christian support.

* Migration trends in the US. Wonder whether people are leaving a state and how many? Now you can find out easily -- well, for the 2005-2007 period.
* WWJD?
* Protectionism and the Great Depression