[Since direct posting gets a Bad Request error, I'm trying to post as a reply.] There is no requirement that members of Congress swear on a book. It is a custom which developed. If they choose to swear on a book, it should be any book they want since there is no significance to having their hand on a book. ...more

lahenderson - I wonder where you live. Maybe practices are different in different areas. Or maybe you have just happened to luck out and got the cream of the crop. I'm talking about every package delivered for several years. I imagine that has involved several different UPS personnel, but I really don't know. Friends o...more

I find it incredible that UPS made it into the Customer Service Hall of Fame. Their service has plummeted over the last decade or so. Their delivery personnel refuse to even do the courtesy of ringing the doorbell of a customer. They just drop the package and run, so the customer doesn't know they've received a deliver...more