How Did Each State Get Its Name?
Among other things, how a proposed name for Colorado ended up the name of another state.
Tagged: States
Restating: Rethinking States, Cities, and Redistricting
Redistricting is either an extreme exercise in futility or is necessary to ensure proper representation in our republic. Both are right.
When People Become Stateless
State residency is a debatable and fluid concept for people like you and every state you visit will eye you for potential revenue.
Monday Trivia, No. 145 [Mark Thompson wins!]
A dramatic comparison between objective and per-capita listings for this weeks’ puzzle.
Carving Up The Golden State
In case you’ve grown weary of the silliness involved in public anxiety about a guy who makes duck decoys for a living seemingly not liking gay people all that much, there is a different sort of silliness for you to contemplate instead: yet another proposal to Balkanize the most populous of these United States.
Don’t Fear Me
I won’t go into any of the details surrounding the shooting of Trayvon Martin. First of all because many of them are in dispute, but more importantly because none of them really matter, or...
