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When license plates assault design sensibilities

When license plates assault design sensibilities

We learned something fascinating today in the Grand Forks Herald story about a new license plate for North Dakota: There is a contest for the nation's best license plate.
by Bob Collins

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Edina considers 21-year minimum age for buying smokes

It's not quite clear whether Edina thinks raising the smoking age to 21 is merely a message or whether the city believes it will make a difference.
by Bob Collins

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The Worst Generation

The Worst Generation

Where is the Baby Boomer to acknowledge that his/hers is the Worst Generation? I'll tell you where. He's going on vacation to Florida just as soon as he finishes this post to sample the life of affluence, kept by a generation of working kids who have nowhere near the possibility of such a life thanks to the world we left. I'll feel guilty about it when I get back. Maybe.
by Bob Collins

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The top stories of February

The top stories of February

One of the things I love most about peeking into what people are peeking into is how different their choice of stories are from what we otherwise might think they'd be.
by Bob Collins

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Golfers to show a little leg

Golfers to show a little leg

Avert your eyes, golf purists. The PGA is going to allow its golfers to wear shorts, it was announced this week.
by Bob Collins

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N.D. rep: Women who wore white have a ‘disease’

N.D. rep: Women who wore white have a ‘disease’

The female members of Congress sat they wore white as a silent protest against the president and support for women's rights.
by Bob Collins

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Whatever happened to Jourdan Duncan?

The Florida teen, who walked seven miles both ways t work every day, was befriended by a cop who bought him a bike. He's pedaling on a bigger scale now, the Washington Post reports.
by Bob Collins

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Border crossing woes may trip tourists, resorts in MN’s Northwest Angle

Border crossing woes may trip tourists, resorts in MN’s Northwest Angle

A new crackdown on border crossings is making it tough to be a tourist to Minnesota's Northwest Angle, the spit of land separated from the rest of the country by Lake of the Woods.
by Bob Collins

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