- November 15, 2012During the Occupy Wall Street movement's heyday and recent presidential campaign, we all became very familiar with how the wealthiest…
- November 14, 2012Just more than a year ago Denmark instituted a fat tax. Foods containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fat were…
- November 13, 2012Long-time readers of the ol' blog know I'm weather obsessed. They also have come to dread welcome my nagging reminders…
- November 12, 2012You know it's a wacky election year when folks from disparate parts of the political world start seeing things the…
- November 11, 2012We don't have Doug Shulman to kick around anymore. Shulman, who became Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on March…
- November 11, 2012World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. The actual fighting, however,…
- November 10, 2012Outside groups spent more than $1.3 billion on the just completed 2012 elections. More than $715 million went to defeat…
- November 9, 2012Mother Nature has been seriously ticked off recently and the folks in the Northeast have sure been on the receiving…
- November 8, 2012Before Tuesday's votes were cast, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was talking tough on taxes. "We're not raising taxes on…
- November 7, 2012Let me start by making it clear that I am not a stock guru. If I were, the hubby and…
- November 6, 2012Not only are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney glad that Nov. 6 has finally arrived, so are all of us…
- November 5, 2012We've paid a lot of attention to the tax proposals of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. But regardless of which…
- November 4, 2012Almost 200 various ballot questions made or will make it onto 39 statewide ballots in 2012. The states with most…
- November 4, 2012Are the conflicting presidential poll numbers driving you crazy? Forget 'em. This is America, where athletic champions get invited to…
- November 3, 2012Tired of all the campaign commercials? Hang tough. They're almost over. As a diversion from the Obama, Romney and Super…
- November 2, 2012Things are really getting exciting in North Carolina. Not only are Tar Heel State residents getting added attention from the…
- November 1, 2012November has arrived, chock full of things to put on our to-do lists. There is, of course, voting. The presidential…
- November 1, 2012The brief bipartisan love fest prompted by the tragedy and destruction left in Hurricane Sandy's wake is over. It's back…
- October 31, 2012We're celebrating Oct. 31, but with a little thought, you can make today pay off on April 15, too. Don't…
- October 30, 2012Today's politicians have learned their storm lessons well. As Hurricane Sandy was just beginning her trek up the east coast,…
- October 29, 2012Halloween is two days away. Have you decided on your costume yet? Since it's an election year, political masks are…
- October 28, 2012I know, I know, Hurricane Sandy is almost knocking on our doors up there in the MidAtlantic/Northeast. But here are…
- October 28, 2012When Congress returns after the election, you can be sure that lobbyists also will be there to welcome them back…
- October 27, 2012Criminals who target taxpayers do their dirty deeds year round, but some nasty tax crooks are haunting individual filers and…
- October 26, 2012OK, I know what you're thinking. I complained last weekend about how Congressional procrastination on tax legislation is causing problems…
- October 25, 2012The presidential race is tight. Basically a toss-up. But thanks to the electoral college, both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney…
- October 24, 2012The Gallup organization has been catching some flak of late, primarily because of its polls that diverged so dramatically from…
- October 24, 2012Sorry, patrons of Nite Moves, but lap dances are not art. So hand over the sales tax added to the…
- October 23, 2012OK, the debates are over. Information on the candidates is out there at their websites, on news sites, at blogs,…
- October 23, 2012"It's the economy, stupid," was the famous distillation of the 1992 presidential campaign by political strategist James Carville. That focus…
- October 22, 2012Although the Internal Revenue Service had to omit some major tax provisions from its inflation adjustment announcement last week, around…
- October 21, 2012Every fall the Internal Revenue Service announces the upcoming inflation-based adjustments to tax provisions millions of taxpayers use. Not this…
- October 21, 2012George S. McGovern died this morning at a hospice facility in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was 90. McGovern was best…
- October 20, 2012Americans are, as they should be, focusing on the presidential election that's just over two weeks away. The winner of…
- October 19, 2012Here we go again. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that health care reform law, popularly known (even among…
- October 18, 2012The economy is a major presidential campaign theme, but one of the biggest economic threat -- the impending convergence of…
- October 17, 2012Most companies that offer worker benefits have open season in the fall. During this time, employees can choose from various…
- October 17, 2012The good news was that we finally got some tax talk last night during the second presidential debate between President…
- October 16, 2012Tonight President Obama and Mitt Romney face off in their second presidential debate. While Obama might be, as his campaign…
- October 15, 2012Welcome back to Tax Day 2012. As procrastinators know, this is the drop-dead, absolutely final deadline to finish and file…