No, you said that because the employees were making regular minimum wage, there were no tips to steal, and therefore no theft. And that is a douchebag argument.

Don’t be a douchebag. Obviously you can still tip someone who is making above the ordinary minimum, it is done all the time in all kinds of contexts. What the Massachusetts court has done here is ruled that an employer can set a “no tips” rule if the employees are making ordinary minimum and pocket any tips regardless…

Hey, what do you have against turnips? I think of these guys as one of those awful clots of menstrual blood.

When I was a teenager my group of friends planned a day at the beach out at the end of Long Island. My parents were irrationally strict and said I couldn’t go. This pissed me off inordinately, because I was this kid who never got in trouble and they really should have trusted me. I was tired of all the restrictions…

Yep. Ordinarily, police are fairly eager to get a prosecution, but sports religion warps their priorities just like it does in the civilian population.

How is this headline even a question? We know the answer.

Yes, I don’t see how, “I am honored to call her my friend” is a humblebrag. I just don’t.

Wonder whether they would have fined him if he had put a tail light on the horse.

Terrific piece. You’ve laid it out so thoroughly and thoughtfully. It’s nice to hear a non-brainwashed discussion of this situation.

I think you answered your own question. Most people don’t understand that sufferers of psycho somatic illness suffer very real symptoms. Just like the misunderstanding of the term “schizophrenia” (which many people still think means multiple personalities), people equate psychosomatic illness with faking.

Two things I hate with a fiery passion, PETA and Joe Arpaio. Calling his methods “unkind” is like calling Justin Bieber “a tad impolite.”

Nah, that's just a pretext for passing laws that negatively affect poor and minority people. They don't mind fraud if rich people do it. I mean, look at the banks!

I hope so. Stories like this make me wish I believed in Hell.

I wasn’t disagreeing with you, I was responding to SlutPanic’s “It’s way more complicated than that.” Being in a cult doesn’t usually get one out of a homicide charge, anyway - it’s only because this is a Jesus cult that she’s being charged with a lower level crime. But this bullshit about demonic possession and the…

Aaargh! I just can’t anymore!

No it isn’t.

So women who miscarry are being charged with murder, and this shit gets charged with “injury to a child...by omission?” after literally starving a living, breathing little boy to death? I hate this fucking country.

Oh god why didn’t I read this before I started making my lunch? I know what I’m having for breakfast tomorrow...

I'm honestly puzzled as to why they are changing the plot from the book in so many details. They aren't doing a bad job, all in all, but these aren't changes that are necessitated by "this won't translate well to the screen" (the way can often happen in books, especially SF or fantasy). In the book, there's no "writ…

I'm with you, though we seem to be in the minority. Presumably if he's marrying her, he plans to be monogamous, so his bisexuality is relevant to - what? Also, I can't count the number of letters I've read in Dan Savage's column where a spouse makes a late confession of some aspect of their sexuality. I think that…