Yesterday evening, as I was finally able to steal a few moments and read the Sunday papers (a simple pleasure, even for us digital types) I was suprised and impressed to see a "Tacoma, Wash." dateline on the cover of the New York Times Business section.

A story featuring Alan Collinge, a self-described "complaint box" for the student-loan industry, details the struggle for many people to pay off their student loans. Collinge runs a Web site called StudentLoanJustice.org out of his "spartan apartment," according the Times story, and has been featured in newspapers and "60 Minutes."

This morning, the story is No. 7 on the Most Popular list at the Times' site.