Dividing North America
In writing my new article about The Nine Nations of North America, I started thinking that ideas to break up North America are often put forward. Thus, I created a page to allow everyone to chime in with their ideas about how to divide North America. Share your thoughts (on the page) about North America. Should it be divi

World's Fattest People
GlobalPost has published a listing of the world's fattest countries based on WHO data. Unfortunately, number one on the list, American Samoa, isn't a country at all but a territory of the United States. Nonetheless, their incredible 99.5% obesity rate is worth noting. Following American Samoa, the actual world's fattest country is Kiribati

Census Worker Death Ruled Suicide
Law enforcement officials have ruled that the U.S. Census Bureau worker who was found dead hanging from a tree in rural Kentucky in September committed suicide. The Bureau released a statement yesterday, "The death of our co-worker William Sparkman was a tragedy and remains a loss for the Census Bureau family. Our thoughts and prayers are wit

Animated Unemployment Map
Take a look at this impressive animated county-level map of unemployment rates in the United States from January 2007 to September 2009. Watch as the unemployment rate really expands around mid-2008. Animated Unemployment Map originally appeared on About.com Geography on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 13:27:08.

A Quiet Hurricane Season
National Geographic reports on the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, which was the most tranquil hurricane season in quite some time. Although the Atlantic hurricane season doesn't end until December 1, with such a quiet year it is safe to say a major hurricane in the next week is unlikely. There were a mere nine named storms of the season, while the average is fifteen. There were three