Political Geography

• November 6, 2012General, Political Geography

  Why Red States Are Red And Blue States Are Blue

  Has anyone else given this a lot of thought? Why does red = Republican and blue = Democrat in the US? Would it surprise you to find out that convention […]

• October 22, 2012General, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography

  Scientists Convicted of Manslaughter for Failing To Predict Earthquake

  We’ve been following this news item for some time, and I have to say I, for one, never dreamed these scientists would be convicted. An Italian judge has decided six […]

• September 20, 2012Environmental, General, Physical Geography, Political Geography

  The Cost of Carbon

  Ars Technica is reporting that some researchers are having issues with the US’s pricing of carbon emissions. The price of carbon emissions is notoriously difficult to pin down, but these […]

• June 8, 2012Education, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Political Geography, VirtualWorlds

  Spatial role-playing and virtual immersion

  It is interesting to find that there are many types of spatial immersion projects going on this summer. They provide a good contrast of how creative people can be with […]

• March 10, 2012Political Geography

  Kansas Caucus Results 2012 interactive maps

  It’s always exciting to watch real time results for any type of polling and interactive map are becoming more prevalent with each election. Several news sites have real-time interactive maps […]

• February 21, 2012Political Geography

  Geography Web Comics

  It isn’t often that world geography and international relations can make you laugh out loud, but the web comic Scandinavia and the World manages to do it very well.  A […]

• December 6, 2011Education, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Political Geography

  US World Regional Geography class gets a chance to Skype with Burmese activist Suu Kyi

  Professor John Boyer’s World Regions class at Virginia Tech got an amazing opportunity yesterday evening to interview Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who is known the world over for […]

• September 21, 2011Data, Human Geography, Political Geography

  Obama Seeks Data Experts

  It seems pretty obvious to me this will be a trend in future elections – Obama seeks data experts for edge. The President leveraged social media pretty effectively in the […]

• August 23, 2011Human Geography, Political Geography, Poll

  South Sudan poll results

  With more than a month under its belt, South Sudan seems to be moving full speed ahead. There continue to be issues as expected with a new country, but growth […]

• July 9, 2011Human Geography, Political Geography, Poll

  New Poll: South Sudan

  With South Sudan becoming independent, and the first new country in a while, there are a lot of questions coming up. We will leave the commentary to the talking heads […]