• October 2, 2009
    What a fun idea! ESPN should televise a National Tax Bee, a la the annual National Spelling Bee broadcast. That's…

  • October 2, 2009
    Unless you're fighting off the swine flu, you're probably sick of medical talk. Even then, you likely just want a…

  • October 1, 2009
    Perhaps South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the famous fake hiker of the Appalachian Trail, can use this post's headline as…

  • September 30, 2009
    Let's do a little conventional political tax math. Business organizations generally support issues championed by Republicans. Republicans generally oppose the…

  • September 29, 2009
    The Senate Finance Committee just decided that there would not be a public option in its health care reform plan.The…

  • September 28, 2009
    That headline got your attention, didn't it? It's from Bruce Bartlett's latest column in Forbes. The article's subhead drives home…

  • September 27, 2009
    In Share the Moment and Spread the Wealth, the Ping column in today's New York Times, Brad Stone looks at…

  • September 27, 2009
    What are you doing on Oct. 15? If you got an extension to file your taxes, you might be frantically…

  • September 26, 2009
    I've spent most of my professional life in the media, but I still am amazed at what prompts news outlets…

  • September 26, 2009
    No, the Obamas aren't looking for a tax professional to help them file their first 1040 as residents of 1600…