For some strange reason (even I’m not sure why), I started thinking about the abbreviations of the names of our 50 states. “Surely there’s not enough information about that to fill an entire column,” ...

Recently, I published a letter from Joshua in Omaha ("Seacoast Sunday," November 14, 2010). That column discussed the old-style state abbreviations and the current two-digit U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...

Why oh why did the USPS decree a two-letter abbreviation for states? With three letters you can not only have an unambiguous designation, but one that can be recognized as the state designated without ...

Sure, everybody knows nowadays to “Say WA,” but the convoluted history of abbreviations for the Evergreen State demands a full accounting. Or at least an abbreviated one. The name of our state — ...

When searching within Google for localized terms by state, such as “loren baker maryland” or “ben franklin pennsylvania”, Google will automatically return search results with the abbreviation for the ...

AP is not done rocking the journalism world with style changes. The following guidance went out on the AP wire Wednesday: “Effective May 1, the AP will spell out state names in the body of stories.” ...