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Back to School Tax Time

Now's the time of year when kids across America start heading back to school. New kindergartners eagerly don their snazziest big-kid outfits to pose... Read More

Go For The Gold

For awhile there, it looked like the just-concluded Rio Olympics would be a carnival of chaos. Golfers boycotting to avoid the Zika virus? Check.... Read More

Up In Smoke

The Mafia. The Mob. La Cosa Nostra. Call it what you will, this "certain Italian-American subculture" has a long and storied history. Mobsters like... Read More

The Darker Side of Reality TV

Americans can't seem to get enough of reality television. Most critics think that's because reality TV presents us as we all aspire to be. Something... Read More

Like This!

  If you're like most Facebook users, you get plenty of friend requests from people who aren't really friends. Co-workers you never... Read More

Now That’s Prime!

Americans love peeking into the wallets of the rich and famous. Just how much are they really worth? How did they get there? And who's on top of... Read More

Plymouth Rocks!

  Let's say the IRS decides they don't like your tax return from a couple of years ago. They audit you, and send you a "deficiency... Read More

Shell Games on the Big Screen

The dog days are here, and multiplexes across America are delighting audiences with the usual summer fare. Down to the left in Theatre Three, a... Read More

Harry Potter and the Deathly Tax Bill

Harry Potter's sidekick Ron Weasley has challenged opponents from a mountain troll to the Horcruxes to the Death Eaters. Now the actor who plays... Read More

This Too Shall Pass

  Filing your tax return usually isn't much of a chore. If you're like most people, you e-file it and call it a day. (Maybe you cross... Read More