ed States—the so-called New Madrid quake, a series of four huge shocks that struck what is now southeastern Missouri in 1811 and 1812—rerouted the Mississippi River and could be felt on the East Cant, yet it killed fewer than a hundred people because the area above the epicenter was so sparsely settled. An eart

at sense. A pro-Western, even ambiguous, Ukraine poses a profound strategic problem for Russia. It would be as if Texas became pro- Russian, and the Mississippi River system, oil production, the Midwest and the Southwest became vulnerable. The Russian ability to engage in Iran or Syria suddenly contracts. Moscow'

h ... Read Nlore Why didn't Abraham Lincoln opt for a peaceful Brexit-like referendum instead of a bloody civil war? Caspian Forsyth This is the Mississippi River watershed system - all of these rivers, and the various smaller rivers, creeks, and tributaries flow into the system and ultimately flow to th...