Afternoon link round-up Wednesday, 06 June 2012 14:17:07 CDT David-Braverman Geography, General, Politics, Weather (0) I've got a deadline, which didn't stop me reading these articles (but did stop me posting thoughts about them): Right-wing Wisconsin governor Scott Walker held on to his job yesterday, for a variety of reasons The Economist's Democracy in America blog sees worsening partisanship in the U.S., especially after yesterday's failed recall election in Wisconsin The Atlantic Cities blog has two posts today about pollution: first, how Pittsburgh suffered in the 1940s, and second, how Latin America and Canada are ahead of us on climate change preparations Forbes—Forbes!—sees actual value in socializing public transportation costs as New York did in the last century Back to the mines...