June 29, 2019

I admit it. I'm freaking out with this pre-All Star break slump that the Houston Astros are experiencing. My only…

June 28, 2019

These pups probably would be cooler inside under the A/C instead of atop the condenser. As a general rule, your…

June 27, 2019

Photo courtesy Vaping360.com In just more than six months, San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to ban vaping.…

June 26, 2019

Mother Nature gives her colorful imprimatur to the beauty of Hawaii. (Rainbow over Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, a research and…

June 25, 2019

This cool balloon was part of my neighbors' celebration back in 2017 of their son's graduation. Some Texas gusts, however,…

June 24, 2019

Backup withholding basically is the tax collector's knuckleball mitt. The over-sized baseball glove helps a catcher handle, he hopes, the…

June 23, 2019

Sometimes justice does prevail. Last week it arrived along with a dose of schadenfreude from all us who've paid, albeit…

June 22, 2019

National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson, shown here in a screen shot from an earlier C-SPAN appearance, takes parting shot…

June 21, 2019

The summer solstice has finally caught up with Texas temperatures. The first day of the sunniest season arrived today at…

June 19, 2019

When it comes to expired tax laws, Congress is in much the same situation as the builders of this unfinished…