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Study confirms it: Montana drivers the worst (or tied, anyway)

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Well, it’s official. Everybody loves to complain how terrible all other drivers are, and one constantly reads and hears the claim that “Billings drivers are the worst,” or, in the alternative, “Montana drivers are the worst.” In a nationwide ranking compiled by CarInsuranceComparison.com, Montana tied with South Carolina as home to the worst drivers. The ranking gave each states points for:

Fatalities rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. Failure to obey (percentage of fatal crashes that involved traffic tignals, not wearing seat belts, and driving with an invalid driver license). Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, bad drivers, CarInsuranceComparison, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina

Montana wins popularity contest with Wyoming, but…

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Here’s the good news: In a “Wild West Smackdown: Montana Versus Wyoming” posted on Yahoo! Travel, 67 percent of readers who had voted by Wednesday evening picked Montana over Wyoming. Here’s the bad news: There are so many laughable mistakes in the description of Montana that one wonders if the contest is worth winning. I’ve made a few blunders in my journalism career, some of them mortifying, but for the love of God, how many mistakes can be made in one short article? We read, for instance, of the Montana towns of Bannock (change that o to an a, please), and Harlowtown (-ton, please!). Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, Montana, Wyoming, Yahoo! Travel

What makes people want the worst job in America?

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On the eve of the primary election, I thought I should bring to your attention an excellent article I read on vacation. The story — headlined “Is being a congressperson the worst job in America?” — appeared in the most recent edition of City Pages, an alternative weekly in the Twin Cities. I guess the headline (and the one on the cover, seen at left) rather gives it away: The answer is yes, it is the worst job in America. The article gives eight reasons why the job is so bad, backed up by facts and anecdotes. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Last Best Blog, City Pages, Montana, Tea Party, U.S. House