[miss marmelstein]

Yeah, journalism can be a tough business. A romantic one, to me, who grew up on the stories of Damon Runyon, Charlie MacArthur and Ben Hecht. None of these guys would have put up with the shenanigans in Washington.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Iowa legislature was a funny place at times...

One farmer-legislator, upset that the state transportation department planned to build a road from southwest to northeast Iowa, introduced a bill to ban “diagonal highways.”

Mailboxes for members of the House were stacked in a wood and glass door “post office” just outside the House of Representatives. Anyone walking past could see if his or her rep had received mail.
One legislator from Des Moines had the little box completely stuffed with letters; he never bothered to read messages from his constituents. When one reporter noticed this, it hit page 1 with pictures the next day...