June 6, 2012

At sundown 79 years ago, moviegoers were treated to a really big screen presentation. On June 6, 1933, Richard Hollingshead,…

June 5, 2012

It's been one of those crazy days (weeks, actually, and it's just Tuesday!) where I think about having a cigarette.…

June 5, 2012

Ginny Hopkins had been waiting and waiting and waiting for her federal tax refund check. After all, $754 was a…

June 4, 2012

On June 4, 1912, Massachusetts enacted the first minimum wage law in the United States. The Bay State's wage law…

June 3, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service doesn't need campaigning politicians or government statistics to know that many folks still are having a…

June 2, 2012

Thursday, May 31, was World No Tobacco Day. Yeah, it slipped right past me, too. And while it looks like…

June 1, 2012

Same-sex couples generally must do twice the work at tax-filing time than traditional husband and wife taxpayers. That's because the…

June 1, 2012

Welcome to summer! OK. So the hottest season of the year here in the Northern Hemisphere doesn't officially begin until…

May 31, 2012

First $250,000 was designated the dividing line between wealthy taxpayers and the rest of us mere mortals. Then along came…

May 30, 2012

You just got home from a quick Memorial Day holiday trip, but if you're planning more travel this summer, you…