Tax Talk

Taxcutoseum!

On June 27, 1997, an unknown British author rolled out her first novel, which she wrote in longhand because she couldn't afford a typewriter. The... Read More

Hands Off

Here in the United States, the National Football League's "Hypomatic 3000" machine works day and night to convince us that our brand of football is... Read More

“Reality” Bites

In the world of football, one family stands out among the rest: the Mannings. In tennis, it's the Williamses. And on television, it's the... Read More

Mom Totally Knows Best

In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. Ever since then, Americans have spent that day... Read More

Here’s What Sports Fans Do When Sports Are Canceled

American law schools sponsor over 200 law reviews: dense collections of grim, wooden prose, groaning with footnotes. (Chief Justice John Roberts... Read More

Nowhere Else to Go But Up

Life comes at you fast. Two months ago, the Dow was flirting with 30,000, unemployment was at 3.5%, and the economy was looking forward to spring... Read More

Don’t Count Your Chickens…

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. It gave us a great opportunity to indulge in the sort of lowbrow... Read More

Something to Celebrate

Our calendar is full of "Hallmark holidays": meaningless commemorations and celebrations, usually created by marketers and publicists. Just this... Read More

The Great Toilet Paper Wipe-out of 2020

Coronavirus has turned millions of Americans who used to laugh at the doomsday preppers on National Geographic into converts. Your neighborhood... Read More

NOT an April Fools Joke

Millions of us who are staying at home in this time of coronavirus are discovering to our dismay just how much the clown car of halfwits, freaks,... Read More