Assorted links

1. Cass Sunstein on Partyism, the academic paper.

2. ‘Be relentless in your questioning about the hardware. Astronaut selection is the least of their worries.’  There is more here: “Yet she would be willing to leave her husband behind should a Mars passport bear her name.”

3. A short essay on Mother’s Day.

4. Ten things political scientists know that many of us know too (pdf).  And Argentina werewolf myth debunked.

5. 2014 favorite things from Uncouth Reflections.

6. Sex and the Industrial Revolution.

7. Japan photo essay by Legal Nomads.  She is one of the people I envy.