Geography

Sarah Palin, Fill Out this Map!

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Katie Couric Interview, Turkey, Iran, Oprah Winfrey, Geography, Afghanistan, Middle East, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin, Iraq, Politics News

Our current Free World Leader, Oprah Winfrey, is set to resign in 2011. If Sarah Palin wants to replace her (that is her plan, right?) she's going to have to know certain things.

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Census: Small US Cities Hit Hard By Recession

AP | BY HOPE YEN and FRANK BASS | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Census, Census Small US Cities, Geography, Demographics, Small US Cities, Business News

WASHINGTON — America's small cities are losing some of their traditional appeal to upwardly mobile families seeking wholesome neighborhoods, a s...

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How Do You Say "Gone"?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Geography, Livestock, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Environment, Land, Endangered Species, Rainforests, Animals, Agrigulture, Green News

Next time you travel somewhere exotic, don't be surprised if you see fewer kinds of animals and hear fewer dialects

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A Traveling Muse: Loreena McKennitt to Perform in the Middle East and Mediterranean Europe

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Turkey, Religion, Lebanon, Celtic, Middle East, Mediterranean Tour, Cyprus, Music, Sicily, Loreena McKennitt, Concert, Greece, Islam, Italy, China, Canada, Istanbul, History, Mediterranean, Geography, Grammy Award, Spain, Judaism, Entertainment News

McKennitt was shocked when she was invited to perform in Istanbul in 1996, which is when she first discovered her extensive fan base in the Middle East.

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Back to Sachs: Astrology, Despotism, and Africa

William Easterly | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Jeffrey Sachs, Geography, Poverty, Economics, Health, Africa, Democracy, Bill Easterly, Fighting Malaria, World News

Calling 63 countries "potentially well governed" is like saying Paris Hilton is potentially a virgin; ignoring bad government is a formula for the same kind of bad aid policy that produced decades of failure.

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No Need to Oversimplify Poverty

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Geography, Economics, Bill Easterly, Paul Collier, Africa, Corruption, Adam Smith, World News

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a constellation of special challenges, with greater or lesser impact in different parts of the region. These challenges should be addressed forthrightly and in an integrated manner.

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The Geography of Climate Politics

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Red States, Politics, Geography, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Blue States, Clean Technology, Climate Change, Democrats, Energy Policy, Coal, Global Warming, Claire McCaskill, Green News

When it comes to the geography of climate politics, it doesn't break down along the much-ballyhooed "red state/blue state" divide.

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Townhall's Matt Lewis: Obama "Out Of The Country" In Hawaii (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Hawaii, Obama Vacation, Blagojevich Scandal, Barack Obama, Matt Lewis, Video, Geography, Obama Hawaii, Obama Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Townhall, Media News

So, here's the latest worry for President-elect Barack Obama: is it okay that he's in Hawaii?

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Out Of Line: Confused Geography

Mort Gerberg | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cartoons, John McCain, Geography, Earth, Planet, Cartoon, Politics News

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