John Berry: If Tax-Cut Lapsing Is Class Warfare, Let’s Fight, by John M. Berry, Commentary, Bloomberg: If letting top income-tax rates go back to where they were in 2000 is class warfare against the rich, I’m ready to snap to attention with my old M1 rifle on my shoulder. What a ridiculous label...

The above headline isn’t even half of it. After the attacks were known to all, James Carville told assembled Washington reporters at a hotel conference room breakfast where Carville and Democratice pollster Stanley Greenberg spoke(photo is from the May 20, 2004 Christian Science Monitor) to &#...

It’s probably too soon to call the Obama presidency a failure, but if he doesn’t stand up to Congress and show some leadership soon, you’ll be seeing more articles like this. It also doesn’t help that he can’t find anyone to work for him who doesn’t have a background of tax evasion, conf...

NYP: ALBANY - Call it an un-cover charge. A Brooklyn assemblyman introduced a bill yesterday that would require patrons to pay the state $10 every time they visit a strip club or topless joint. Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, said the flesh fee could raise as much as $500 million for victims of human traff...

Unless you're a Democrat, of course. Just filed this on the main site: ATLANTA — A bill that would do away with annual property taxes on cars, which has been characterized as a boon for disgruntled taxpayers, would actually raise hundreds of millions more each year for the state and local governme...

Written by Meryl Evans. Not understanding bookkeeping, taxes and other administrative tasks can be very off-putting for people thinking about starting their own business. But in reality, these tasks are not that hard to do if you’re organized and get a little professional help. Now, I’m ...

D o you have Facebook? If so, all of the fishing pictures can be found on my profile there. You can click the badge above to get there. I haven't been online much this week. In fact, I'm probably going to be on a little blogging hiatus for a bit. I will still be posting sporadically, but there are t...

I think once Thursday dodgeball finishes up, I may do these thrice weekly. * AP: “Every day, the economy is becoming more and more an Obama economy.” When the AP, which couldn’t be bothered to worry much about seriously examining Obama during the campaign, is starting to look at Ob...

As commercial vacancies increase, cities are feeling the pain of lower tax revenues. read more...

The appearance of the new Tax Incidence Study has people on both sides of the tax fairness issue looking like coke addicts trying to line up the facts on a mirror. The arguments put forward for and against certain findings reflect our views of rich and poor rather than a pure view of the evidence. W...