Cell Phone Idiots Fire Up Nanny State

From the Gazette:
DES MOINES – People, young and old, who send and receive text messages while operating a moving motor vehicle are driving state lawmakers to distraction.However, no consensus has emerged whether a new law specifically banning the practice is needed or if the practice should be attacked through the state’s existing distracted driving statute.A [...]

Today’s column — no consensus on Trashmore names

Thoughtful and clever readers have spoken on the issue of what to name Mount Trashmore, once local leaders transform the old landfill into a recreation destination.Trouble is, those readers did not speak in one voice.