Essential Ingredient

Is the verdict four-fifths just or one-fifth unjust? It depends on whether you're filled with optimism or realism.

inspired by Dr. Bill Cosby and the trial of Jordan Davis's killer

Uncle Sugar's Master Plan

Hike up the price of chocolate, but offer free contraceptives as a bonus with any candy purchase of $50 or more. Then, inclusion in basic health insurance coverage--who needs it?

inspired by Margaret Sanger, Mike Huckabee, and the Comstock Act

Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility

If only there were a way to share my extra holiday desserts weight gain with my skinny neighbor...

inspired by Kwanzaa, scales, and the consequences of overindulgence

Survival of the Fullest

"Oh, I just used my Thanksgiving Day meal(s) potbelly to knock everyone out of my way to reach the very limited quantities of 5-lb. boxes of chocolate champagne truffles for $5."

inspired by Grey Thursday, Black Friday, and the real reason for the season

MeaCulpa.con

"But you said I could keep eating chocolate, lose weight and keep my same primary care doctor."

inspired by Kevin Trudeau and President Obama

Priorities

"What do you mean, my imported chocolates are stuck at the Port Authority due to the government shutdown?"

Inspired by day 9 of the most irrational, punitive political strategy executed since 1996

Blame the Culprit

Chocolate doesn't make people fat; eating too much chocolate does.

inspired by the NRA and regulation theory versus practice