Sunday Linkblast - March 14

• James Laxer's Great Big Canadian Economy post
  He's always worth reading and today he crystallizes all of his thinking about the way forward for Canada into one giant mega post.
  
  
• Psychopath's brains wired to seek reward and disregard consequences
  New insights into the neurology of violent personality disorders
  
  
• The use and misuse of the word 'terror'
  What is terrorism and who is a terrorist ambiguously undefined - deliberately?
  
  
• Biological imperative for xenophobia?
  Reminders of disease cause increases in fear of others.
  
  
• 'This is not a matter of timing but substance.'
  Haaretz puts the blame for the Biden diplomatic row squarely on Netanyahu's policies.
  
  
• The octopus has no personality?
  Scientists suggest that because they are moody and don't fall for the same trick two days in a row that means they have no personality.