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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Miss dumb blond USA?

Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007 02:06 PM

    problem solved

    Luckily, the world has heard the call. We understand that "the children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don't have maps. Such as South Africa."

    Someone has generously set up a blog entirely devoted to providing maps, gratis, to help this desperate shortage, knowing that with enough map access, maybe we can solve this dreadful problem of US finding. Such as.

    http://mapsforus.org/

    —Target Read Target's other letters

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