Name games

Antigua, which is one of those countries you’ve never heard of, wants to rename its highest mountain peak “Mount Obama” in honor of the new American president-elect.

That’s nice, even though Barack Obama has no connection whatsoever with Antigua, wherever that is.

But I can see why the Antiguans (is that what they’re called?) want to rename their country’s highest mountain. It is currently known as Boggy Peak, and that’s not exactly a tourist draw.

The "mountain" is also only a little more than 1,300 feet high, which is frankly not much. In Central Texas, something like that is known as a “hill.”

Whatever. In related news, Californians are considering renaming Death Valley the McCain Plains.