All Airlines Are Now the Same

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Everyone knows that air travel isn’t what it used to be. Domestic flights are crowded and unglamorous. One receives little more than peanuts, and full meals may not be offered even in first class. You have to fight with your fellow passengers for… read more

Where in the World was Middle Earth?

A geography professor's hypothetical geomorphology of Middle Earth

Do you read Strange Maps? You should, if you’re at all a map geek. It’s a blog about curious cartography. It’s really exactly the kind of site blogs seem to promise, regular musings on a subject so specific or arcane that another medium couldn’t support regular publication. Thanks largely to Boing Boing, there’s been a running meme lately of subway… read more