- November 16, 2012It's a big weekend here in Austin. After a five year absence, Formula 1 racing has returned to the United…
- November 15, 2012Evading taxes apparently is in fashion in Italy. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, founders of luxe Italian fashion house Dolce…
- 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 8, 2012Before Tuesday's votes were cast, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) was talking tough on taxes. "We're not raising taxes on…