A look back at tax law, IRS history, and the stories behind how we got the tax system we have today.
(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 suspected…
What do you get for the Tax Code that literally has everything?
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?
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 a…
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.”
As I write this morning, I’m on a train headed to Rhode Island (thank you, Amtrak, for coffee and wi-fi). In about an hour, I’ll be headed through New York City. A friend, upon hearing my travel plans, asked whether it would freak me out to be traveling through New York on the eleventh anniversary…
“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 in…
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 to…
Today, kids will decorate wagons with streamers and drag them down small-town streets while big marching bands play John Philip Sousa tunes. There will be floats and beauty queens with big smiles (and even bigger hair). Smells from cookouts and barbecues will fill neighborhoods as folks fire up the grill to make hotdogs, hamburgers, and…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican Independence Day – that’s on September 16 (be sure and drop that casually tonight over tequila and margaritas and you’ll sound super smart). It is, instead, the anniversary of the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the…