I’m grateful to Andy Porter for pointing out an interesting article in The Globe and Mail of Toronto on the complicated tax status of U.S. nationals living abroad. Basically, Americans citizens are generally required to file U.S. income tax returns … Continue reading
New York comic Mark Malkoff decided to test the limits of what an Apple store will allow you to do. Apparently, you can get away with quite a lot, starting with ordering a pizza. (One Apple store employee confronts Malkoff … Continue reading
It started with an opinion piece published Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal website that attempted to explain why extremists on the right are willing to damage the American economy by blocking the routine debt ceiling increase (ellipsis in original): … Continue reading
In what sounds like the plot of a thriller, a woman jailed for a series of armed robberies based on statements by eye-witnesses was later released when police concluded that the eye-witnesses were lying and she’d been elaborately framed by … Continue reading
I saw this on my brother Tom’s blog. According to a report in the Conway Arkansas newspaper, police were dispatched to investigate a report that a “crazy cat” was trying to break into the caller’s house. The two responding officers … Continue reading