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High Stakes

These days it seems like every time you open your laptop, some crypto-bro is philosophizing about the brave new world of cryptocurrency.... Read More

Odds Are Good

Life is full of mysteries that we may never solve. Nature, or nurture? Growth, or value? “Tastes great,” or “less filling”? But... Read More

The Godfather, the Billionaire, and the IRS

Back in the 1980s, sharp-eyed visitors to New York's Greenwich Village might have spotted a disheveled man wandering the streets in pajamas,... Read More

Offensive Tax Interference

After eighteen long and grueling weeks, the NFL is finally into the playoffs. The Cincinnati Bengals proved they could finally win a... Read More

Virtue Is Its Own Reward

In 1996, two ambitious doctors named Raymond and Mortimer Sackler rolled out an extended-release painkiller called OxyContin. The drug was a... Read More

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Sunday night, Paramount+ aired the season four finale of their hit drama Yellowstone. (No spoilers!) The show follows the Dutton family,... Read More

Resolutions for 2022

2021 is almost over — a dank, foul, depressing funhouse mirror of 2020 — and for most of us, it can't end too soon. Covid... Read More

A Visit From St. Nicholas

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all through the house, not a client was stirring, not even a mouse The stockings were hung by the... Read More

The Twelve Days of Taxmas

Every year, PNC Bank publishes its "Christmas Price Index" to track the cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas. For 2021, it's a hefty $41,206 —... Read More

Say Yes to the Dress

The men and women who write our nation's tax laws aren't known for their sartorial style. Ohio Representative James Traficant, who served 17... Read More