The compound of tax protestors Ed and Elaine Brown, the site of an infamous nine month standoff in 2007, is up for sale. It’s big. It’s beautiful. And it’s possibly booby-trapped.
On April 2, One L. Goh allegedly went on a shooting spree inside Oikos University in Oakland, California, killing seven students. That same day, federal agents were otherwise occupied, raiding a business less than a half a mile away. That business, Oaksterdam University, is a medical marijuana training school in a location where it is…
This week, the eyes of the nation turn to South Carolina. No, not for the 37th Annual South Carolina Square and Round Dance Convention (though who among us doesn’t enjoy a good line dance?). They’ll be watching the South Carolina Republican primary, to be held on January 19, 2012. I know what you’re thinking: why…
We survived Irene. Five days without power and water felt like an eternity but we were very lucky to otherwise not sustain any real damage. My kids were safe albeit a little cranky. I realize that not everyone was so lucky and my thoughts and prayers are with all of you who suffered injury or…
Not right now. But there’s a chance that you might in the future: the moratorium on an internet tax expires November 1. The moratorium is sometimes referred to as the Internet Tax Freedom Act, or ITFA. ITFA has been extended twice since 1998. It bans taxes on certain internet transactions at the federal level but…
It’s officially fall here in Pennsylvania (wait… gimme a minute… I just had to savor that thought a little longer) and that means that it’s only a few short weeks away from the party season. You know what I mean, holiday parties, back to school parties, tailgate parties, galas, premiere parties, you name it. One…
It’s only a test. Had it been a real tax emergency, there might have actually been a break in the news about Paris Hilton’s house arrest to discuss a slightly more exciting one… that of Ed Brown. Earlier today, SWAT team personnel arrived at land owned by Ed Brown in New Hampshire. Mr. Brown claimed…