Knowing Lots Of Answers But Being A

Knowing Lots Of Answers But Being A Millisecond Slow On The Buzzer Is Indeed Very Frustrating.

For Some Reason The Most Devoted Mapheads Seem To Be Kids.

I Have Condemned My Kids To A Lifetime Of Geographic Illiteracy.

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, A Professor Of Political Science At Rutgers University, Has Argued That Geography Seems Less Relevant Than Ever In A World Where Nonstate Actors -- Malleable Entities Like Ethnicities, For Example -- Are As Powerful And Important As The Ones With Governments And Borders. Where On A Map Can You Point To Al-qaeda? Or Google, Or Wal-mart? Everywhere And Nowhere.

When You Make A Decision You Need Facts. If Those Facts Are In Your Brain, They're At Your Fingertips. If They're All In Google Somewhere You May Not Make The Right Decision On The Spur Of The Moment.