Whomp ’Em

Two counties in northern Minnesota have failed to follow a new state law which prohibits place names containing the word “Squaw”, which has been declared by the state legislature to be offensive to American Indians. Lake County attempted to comply with the law by renaming Squaw Creek to Politically Correct Creek and Squaw Bay to Politically Correct Bay, but the Department of Natural Resources vetoed those names. A spokesman for the department says he hopes the counties will “just quietly do the right thing.” (AP) ...Apparently, the counties thought they’ve already tried that.