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As Many Celebrate 4/20, Feds Still Won’t Budge on Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana

20 April 2013

Tweet Today is April 20 or 4/20. If I get a blank stare with that proclamation, then you’re among the millions of Americans who are outside of counterculture. You see, 420 is famously (or infamously, depending on who you ask) associated with the celebration of marijuana. While there are dozens of theories about how the [...]

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As Squabbles Over Budget Continue, Annual White House Easter Egg Tradition Rolls On

30 March 2013

Tweet My kids are minutes away from their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Set among the backdrop of rural North Carolina, it’s miles away – both literally and figuratively – from the White House Easter Egg Roll. Both are scheduled to go on this year, despite fears to the contrary. While there was no scandal at [...]

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Tax Trivia Giveaway #2: Presidential Income

18 February 2013

Tweet (Update: We have our winners!) Our second tax trivia question is: In honor of President’s Day, this question focuses on presidential tax returns. Since Richard Nixon, almost all of our U.S. Presidents (and most presidential candidates) have reported this specific kind of additional income on their tax returns. Since it’s occasional income for our [...]

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Tax Trivia Giveaway #1: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

14 February 2013

Tweet (Update: We have a winner!) Our first tax trivia question is: On this day in 1929, gunmen in Chicago wearing stolen police uniforms murdered seven members of a rival crime organization run by Bugs Moran. The murders would come to be known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The boss of those gunmen was [...]

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Guess What Turned 100 This Weekend?

4 February 2013

What do you get for the Tax Code that literally has everything?

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Pay Taxes On Your Super Bowl XLVII Winnings? You Can Bet On It

3 February 2013

This year, you can bet on everything from the winning team to who will score first and which Harbaugh brother – or both – will sport a cap during the game. What does all of this mean come tax time?

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Why Justice Matters, Revisited

21 January 2013

Tweet Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the day, as I do always, I am reposting an article (as is) that I wrote a few years ago. It remains one of my favorite posts. Enjoy! — I’ll be frank. I don’t always love being a lawyer. When I was [...]

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Crazy For “Obama Phones” – But Are They For Real?

28 September 2012

In a video that went viral this week, an alleged Obama supporter screams about her “Obama phone” at a rally in Ohio. She tells a reporter, “Keep Obama in president, you know! He gave us a phone, he’s gonna do more.”

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Romney, Ryan and Reagan: The Winning Team?

11 August 2012

Tweet “Mitt’s Choice for VP is Paul Ryan.” That’s the message that Mitt Romney supporters received this weekend via his smartphone app. And with that, many prospective voters went scurrying to figure out: Who is Paul Ryan? Here’s the quick scoop on Ryan: He’s Rep. Paul Ryan. He’s represented the 1st congressional district for Wisconsin [...]

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Will The New Mars Rover Save The U.S. Space Program?

7 August 2012

Tweet Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon years before I was born. It was, at the time, the most extraordinary thing that many Americans had ever witnessed, broadcast on live TV in July 1969. The moment was infamously described by Armstrong as “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” (you can listen [...]

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