It is. The fanfiction was called Master of the Universe and was an AU where Edward was a powerful business tycoon. Some other Twilight fanfic has been picked up and adapted since 50 Shades, and a One Direction fanfic about two of the singers in a relationship just got bought to be turned into a novel (again, changing…

I was really excited when Dornan got the part because I think he's going to play Grey as the sociopath that he really is in the books. I find the crazy eyes to be very in character. Not sure if the masses will agree. (The again, I think that any 50 Shades movie should be made as a thriller/horror film about a woman…

I don't know about Flight, but it was one of the inspirations for the movie Fearless with Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez which is a little gem of a film that move people should see for the great performances, especially from Perez as a grieving mother who lost her young child on the flight. (I won't give away the…

You know, I went to a funeral once for an attorney who was an advocate for disabled children. He didn't have any kids of his own, but the church was so packed with people who were touched by his work that they people had to stand because they were out of seats. Those people he helped remembered him.

The store could be fined (with the fine going to the state, not to the employee) or could lose their license and have to close down. But this individual employee probably won't get a big settlement or payout.

Maybe. But actually, weirdly, as I read the Texas Administrative Code on the issue (http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readta…) she might not have been breaking the law. Employees who are sick are told that they must tell someone in charge, but not that they must stop working. The person in charge is supposed to…

I think it would be a stretch. There was no physical contact from anything we've seen (the manager didn't slap her to make her work) so a battery is probably out. Assault is possible but the sticking point is if threatening to fire the employee would be considered to be considered to "cause apprehension of harmful or…

I don't think she will. This isn't wrongful termination because you don't need any reason to fire someone. As long as they weren't firing her for a protected characteristic (i.e. they really fired her because she was a woman but made this up to justify it) then it isn't illegal. She probably doesn't work enough to…

As a teenager my Mom told me and my pre-teen brother that she was glad that we weren't overly attractive, because it meant that people couldn't dismiss our ideas based on our looks.

We use the tax code as a form of social engineering. What is the difference between allowing someone to get a tax deduction for buying an energy efficient automobile and a government program that allows people who want to buy the car to get a "government handout" that can only be used towards that car?

I really don't understand.

Yes.

I am in a state that actually is getting a lot of jobs.

There is some reason to air a car chase or active shooter incident on local television, if only so that people can be aware not to leave their house or go to a certain part of town. Agreed that it shouldn't be a matter of watching to see what happens next but there were a few times that I had to be on lockdown at work…

I think because the third book was so rushed because it's hard to tell the story from Katniss point of view. Much of the story is people keeping things from Katniss and then her finding out later on. The movies have shown that they will show more than just Katniss perspective (I expect seeing a lot of Snow's view of…

I suspect the problem is that while you may see this advice as helpful, women don't because we have literally been raised our entire life being told these things. Imagine that every time you walked outside someone in your life said "oh, and be sure to look both ways before crossing the street. You know that there are…

No. You don't understand it.

Chewie isn't dead in episode 7. Peter Mayhew was announced to be returning to reprise the part. Chewie did die in the expanded Star Wars universe of book, and some people are speculating that the story will be based on the EU saga involving Jacen Solo turning to the dark side. But that is pure speculation and even if…

The only legitimate debate to come out of the column was the debate over why the hell George Will still has a job.

Exactly. The data might show that we can reject the null hypothesis, but we don't know if getting married makes women less likely to be abused or if women are just less likely to marry men who are abusive. Or if there is another factor which influences both marriage rates and rates of abuse (like wealth).