Take It Back: The Paris Hilton tax cut
Estate/gift taxes are a pretty arcane subject, but one I deal with every day in my job. They're a tax on the transfer of wealth between generations. It used to be that estates were taxed if they were...
View ArticleWaPo columnist says we need more Jews in media
WaPo columnist Gene Weingarten published a column Sunday that was part of a commencement speech he gave last week to the University of Maryland School of Journalism. It's a piece of work containing...
View ArticleCoulter vs. Carlin on Tonight Show Wednesday night
According to our trusty TIVO, the ghastly Ann Coulter is set to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening (June 14, 2006):http://www.nbc.com/... While that's hardly newsworthy, George...
View ArticleTo the Friends of Alyssa Peterson
If you were lucky enough to know Alyssa Peterson, or had the privilege of serving with her in Iraq, you may know how our government is concealing the circumstances of her death. And if you do know...
View ArticleBeltway cynics get it wrong
Glenn Greenwald nails it in Salon today -- too busy at work to write more, but I was struck by his eloquence in my lunch break reading. I love his analysis of the Beltway mind-set that everyone is...
View ArticleThe McCain Machine -- a reminder
Those of us who live in Arizona have had a front-row seat in a series of McCain scandals -- his affair with a young heiress while married to the wife who raised his three children while he was a POW,...
View ArticleWe should stop electing men
In the wake of ANOTHER so-called sex scandal involving a man doing something stupid (this time not a Republican), maybe we should just stop electing men. They apparently are all incapable of...
View ArticleHelp #occupyphoenix
Here in the belly of the beast it's still 100 degrees. The beast is trying to wear down the OccupyPhoenix protestors. We started Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night the Phoenix police arrested 47...
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Phoenix Drops Charges Against Occupy Phoenix Protestors
The City of Phoenix filed a motion today to dismiss charges against protestors who were arrested as part of an Occupy Wall Street related protest. On the evening of October 15th, 2011 45 individuals...
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BBQ for Lilly Washington brings out community, hope
Today was a good day for Lilly Washington, the woman fighting Bank of America and Fannie Mae to keep her home after being improperly foreclosed upon. The banner over her garage door read “This Home Is...
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PHOENIX CASSEROLES NIGHT -- POTS AND PANS MARCH AGAINST DEBT
Occupy Phoenix is gathering in Civic Space Park tomorrow night at 8 p.m. to take to the streets again. This time they'll be banging pots and pans instead of carrying protest signs.What do casseroles...
View ArticleThis is where I draw the line
For the sake of political expediency I have 'accepted' no single payer, no public option, a war on whistleblowers, Presidential execution by drone, the expansion of the security state, the...
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