Strictly speaking a white Christmas is nothing more than a covering of fallen flakes of frozen water on the ground. According to AccuWeather’s analysis of the past 30 years only two large US cities (>250,000 city population) have a better than 50% chance of a white Christmas. Those two cities… Read more“Map Monday, Your Chances for a White Christmas”
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Map Monday, The Great War a hundred years on
One hundred years ago Europe was in the grip of the Great War. Two years prior the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ignited the war. The formal alliance system which brought stability for a generation failed. Instead of providing security through strength, the rigid entanglement… Read more“Map Monday, The Great War a hundred years on”
Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek
NBC broadcast the first episode of Star Trek on September 8th 1966. Sold as a spacey version of Wagon Train the series took a cerebral twist. Told through a sixties cultural lens it explored racism, fear of technology, and weapons of mass destruction. Unfortunately the five year mission of the… Read more“Map Monday, Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek”