I have recently become aware that people who hate the idea of "legislating morality" often have no problem with the current progressive tax system in our country... Please explain how our progressive tax system is not a conflict of this belief. Show your work.

So, I'm on my way to an interview today to develop a new freelancing relationship with a marketing firm. I took a route I was unfamiliar with. Making good time. Then, a white van pulls in front of me, slows me down to 25 mph. I get frustrated. Seconds later,...

1. the day before a funeral. this of course, where the attendees all stand around the deceased for one last chance to wake them up before throwing their body underground.

My jar of JIF didn't make it through the security check on the way home from my travels this weekend. Supposedly, I could have "hid things in it." I understood and apologized before remembering that the same jar made it through airport security on the flight down. The security officer...

Does this product breadth weird anyone else out?

As a kid, don't you remember seeing R.I.P. on Halloween decorations and thinking negatively of the connotation? I don't think I ever really thought of it as an acronym for "rest in peace" but more as a sign that the deceased's life was ending by being RIPped apart by something....

The prostitutionary process of flashing for wares makes sense to me from an economic standpoint. But, I think girls need to start upping their rates. Unionize or something. I mean, plastic beads? This is a classic example of not understanding your true value in the marketplace. Of course, this argument...

My friend made fun of me when I said that every music album should be a concept album. But, why should music be the only art that doesn't have to be about something? The only reason we don't care that most music is typically about stupid relationship-y things is that...

Both in Peoria and up here in the Chicago suburbs, I have had multiple Jimmy Johns employees who have memorized my order and start preparing it when they see me coming in the door. I say that to prepare you for the serious nature of today's topic.Chips. Jimmy Johns BBQ...

(a continuation) #18. Ulysses S. Grant Grant came into office with extreme popularity as the general who led the Union to victory over the Confederate States. Once there, he decided to fill his cabinet based on friendships rather than qualifications. While far from the only President to do this, the...