Ever hear someone say they don't "stand on ceremony?" That means they like to keep it casual and laid-back. They're not all about the rules of etiquette and not mixing plaids and stripes. They prob...

One way to tell if we're reading an official government document (like, say, a congressional act) is by looking at the title. And if that doesn't work out, we can always identify these documents th...

We keep talking about how the Kansas-Nebraska Act mentions both the Missouri Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, but it's all an allusion. No, not an illusion.The Fugitive Slav...