Endonyms, Exonyms, and the Gulf of Mexico


Geography changes all the time. There are many fields within the discipline of geography, physical geography, human geography, cultural geography, economic geography, military geography, historical geography, medical geography, religious geography, political geography, demographics, marketing, transportation geography. This list is not exhaustive but my fingers got tired of typing all that. Toponym is the technical term…

America’s Crack Pipe: Keystone XL


The Keystone XL (KXL) Pipeline I call "America’s Crack Pipe." Not a harsh assessment in my book. Listen to the frantic rhetoric of the GOP. Newt Gingrich calls President Obama’s reticence on passing KXL legislation as "irrational." Michelle Bachman rants like a strung-out intravenous drug user who feels threatened her dealer might be incarcerated soon…