- November 19, 2010The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, California's Proposition 19 ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana, was…
- November 19, 2010I'm what's diplomatically described as being "of a certain age," so I feel free to use the term "kids" as…
- November 18, 2010Once again we get evidence that the vast Denial River runs through the heart of the United States. This time…
- November 17, 2010The one very tiny bright spot for Democrats bemoaning their loss of control of the House is that they don't…
- November 17, 2010Every year about this time, the IRS has a nice little -- or in some cases, not so little --…
- November 17, 2010The lame-duck session of Congress apparently is providing a preview of the coming 112th Congress. Reports out of Washington, D.C.,…
- November 16, 2010What to do about the alternative minimum tax, or AMT, is among the outstanding tax matters that Congress needs to…
- November 14, 2010AMC is on a roll. Don Draper and his fellow Mad Men are heading into their fifth season of making…
- November 14, 2010As soon as people got through chewing up and spitting out the debt reduction panel's suggested changes to Social Security,…
- November 13, 2010Baseball fans live and die by the numbers. That's why Bill James, the man who created the comprehensive statistical discipline…
- November 12, 2010By now I'm sure you've heard about the Nova Scotia couple who hit the lottery and then gave away most…
- November 11, 2010Today is a special day, so momentous that if defies the usual American tendency to diminish holidays in order to…
- November 10, 2010Paul Hogan, better known here in the United States as the movie character Crocodile Dundee, is having his day in…
- November 10, 2010In preparation for next week's return of Congress and the knock-down-drag-out debate over what to do about the expiring Bush…
- November 9, 2010We had a relatively easy summer here in Central Texas, coping with only a week or so (instead of months)…
- November 8, 2010A month before the midterm election, the House had passed 400-plus pieces of legislation more than the Senate. The disparity…
- November 7, 2010Watching folks parse election results is almost as much fun (or pain, depending on how your candidates did) as watching…
- November 7, 2010In preparation for the upcoming Congressional debates on federal spending, check out this graphic on how Uncle Sam spends our…
- November 6, 2010The future of the expiring Bush tax cuts is still in flux, but the Nov. 2 election results make it…
- November 5, 2010From the "be careful what you wish for" file, comes a report out of D.C. that three prominent taxpayer advocacy…
- November 5, 2010The IRS is no friend of my favorite treat, ice cream. It's not, to my knowledge, that Uncle Sam targets…
- November 5, 2010Attention, North Carolina shoppers! You won't have to pay state sales tax on certain Energy Star-rated appliances during this weekend's…
- November 4, 2010Investors looking to make some portfolio moves are anxiously awaiting the lame-duck session of Congress. What lawmakers decide regarding the…
- November 3, 2010I'm still digesting the election returns, but on thing is looking surer: The expiring Bush tax cuts are likely to…
- November 3, 2010Did you survive Election Day 2010? Did you at least survive the post-election parties? In case you went to bed…
- November 2, 2010Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.…
- November 1, 2010Dovetailing nicely with former Reagan Administration official David Stockman's dressing down analysis of the current GOP anti-tax stance is a…
- November 1, 2010David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan's budget director, says all the George W. Bush tax cuts, even those on the middle class, should be…
- October 31, 2010Just in time for Halloween, Forbes has issued its annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities. Michael Jackson never made…
- October 31, 2010Washington, D.C., was packed Saturday with folks attending Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's joint Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.…
- October 30, 2010No, that headline is not a description of my Halloween constume. I'm still deciding. Neither is it the title of…
- October 30, 2010If you're a fan of the film Inception, this suggestion on how to celebrate Halloween is for you. Thanks to…
- October 29, 2010If people dressed as Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, The Situation and various Twilight characters aren't scary enough for you this Halloween (and those get-ups…
- October 28, 2010In preparation for the upcoming 2011 filing season, I've been examining which stories and tax tips from this past tax…
- October 27, 2010Perhaps one of the reasons that the Idaho Tax Commission was so tough on the kids selling pumpkins from their…
- October 26, 2010I've been holding off on blogging about this to see what the ultimate outcome might be. However, since the tax…
- October 25, 2010I enjoy a beer or a glass of wine now and then. And the last couple of weeks have been…
- October 24, 2010Was it just a case of Joe Biden being his old chatterbox self, or is the Obama Administration really considering…
- October 24, 2010Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert explains why we need to keep George W. Bush's tax cuts alive. The Colbert Report Mon…
- October 23, 2010The hubby and I finally watched the Mad Men season finale that we had taped while we were traveling. A…