Nov 7th, 2008 · Last-minute holiday travelers are in for some sticker shock. Ticket prices are as much as 30 percent higher than last year, and average prices are already at 13-year highs. And that's before taking into account additional fees for checked bags, food — even pillows.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Almost half of the eligible voters in this country usually don't bother to vote. On the other side, there are people who are extremely passionate about politics. They pass out pamphlets, work the phones, write letters to the editor and place political signs and stickers all over their cars and front yards. Independent producer Barrett Golding wondered — why the divide?
Oct 31st, 2008 · A corporation is offering to pay for your vote. It's not really a scandal. Krispy Kreme isn't asking how you voted. Employees just want to see your "I Voted" sticker on Election Day. Voters get a free star-shaped doughnut. Ben and Jerry's wanted to do something similar. But the company says some state laws may prohibit it. So it's giving free scoops of ice cream to everybody, regardless of whether they voted.
Oct 2nd, 2008 · The University of Illinois has forbidden its employees from wearing political buttons or putting partisan bumper stickers on their car. One professor laments, that the button isn't so problematic, as the chilling effect in the classroom and in the corridors of what should be a place of heated debate.
Jun 15th, 2008 · There's another battle brewing in California — and like just about everything in the Golden State, it's happening on the highway. Legislators are trying to crack down on the black market for a little yellow sticker that allows drivers of hybrid vehicles to use carpool lanes when they're driving solo.
Jun 13th, 2008 · Bumper stickers supporting either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. John McCain are nearly ubiquitous. But does a bumper sticker define a campaign? Or does a campaign define its bumper stickers?
Jun 8th, 2008 · While the feelings inspired by a particular campaign may fade, the buttons, posters, T-shirts, and stickers live on. Many of these items are part of a collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Guest Host Audie Cornish speaks with the collection's two curators, Larry Bird and Harry Rubenstein.
Apr 17th, 2008 · How many ads, in public space, did you see today?, asks Anti-Advertising Agency founder Steve Lambert. While big agencies work overtime to push products, Lambert's operation encourages placing stickers on ads that read, "You just don't need it."