First of all, I've updated my earlier posting Genes, Climate, and Even More Maps of the American Nations. I've included a few more maps, including a map of the American Nations superimposed on average annual precipitation: Go check it out! Second, here's my occasional periodic F.U. to the more vile White Nationalist elements out there.... Read More

Updated, 9/11/15 9/4/15. See below! Throughout this blog, I've talked a lot about the American Nations – a concept, based on a book by Colin Woodard, that North America is divided into several ethno-cultural-political regional "nations". These nations are distributed approximately as shown above. The empirical bases of the existence of these ethno-cultural entities has... Read More

My recent series on diet and cardiovascular health has produced some interesting findings. Within these findings, I have noticed some intriguing patterns. Following in the tradition of my "Tales of Two Maps" series, here are another set of two maps: This is the previously featured map of the year 2000 mortality rate from cardiovascular disease... Read More