Language is one of the most important components of national identity. The evolution of language is an interesting subject, since it traces the stops and starts of human migration. The New York Times has a great graphic on how the Indo-European languages evolved.
There’s a great deal of difference between weather and climate which leads to a lot of confusion on the climate change debate. Here’s a great graphic that indicates that cooling and warming can occur simultaneously, depending on what time frame one selects for analysis.
The Council of Foreign Relations has published some great observations on the US and its political conventions as made by outside analysts. It’s very revealing to see how others see the American political process since most Americans have a very insulated view of the process.
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