Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson has been caught giving charitable scholarships, associated with the Congressional Black Caucus, to family and the relatives of an aid. Todd Gillman, The Dallas Morning News’ Washington bureau chief, told “AC 360″ that new documents show Johnson awarded scholarship money to her grandsons, David and Kirk Johnson, as well as the ... Read More

Starbucks has just announced that it will start offering a new line of ultra premium coffee, called Starbucks Reserve. The new coffee will sell for nearly $3 for a 12oz cup. The first of this premium line will be the Galapagos San Cristobal and will be introduced in markets including New York City, the Bay ... Read More

An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. “In English,” he said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.” A voice from the ... Read More

My employer does not appreciate my sarcastic wit. How can one remain true to one’s nature but maintain employment? – Sonya Dear Sonya, Simply by asking this question you have revealed the answer to your own question. A truly sarcastic person would not care about such trivialities such as stable employment or relationships. So you’ve ... Read More

If I say to someone that I am a sarcastic person, but I am being sarcastic about it, so it implies that I am not sarcastic, but I just used sarcasm…what am I then? (Please only answer that am I sarcastic in nature or not, no smart answers please.) -Mo Dear Mo, You present a ... Read More