Maybe yes, maybe no [emphasis mine]: Confidentiality, as the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in 1991 in U.S. v. Richey, is essential to “maintaining a workable tax system.”… Taxpayer privacy is “fundamental to a tax system that relies … Continue reading →
Pocket thinks I’d be interested in this article entitled “The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations: The nation’s famed mastery of rail travel has been aided by some subtle behavioral tricks.” And Pocket’s got my number, all right, because indeed … Continue reading →
…in part for the entertainment value. Trump is, among other things, a good comedian with good comic timing. The New York accent doesn’t hurt, either. And it’s not just comedy, by any means—it’s that Trump isn’t boring. Most politicians, even … Continue reading →
…and CNN has obligingly given him a Town Hall forum in which to attempt it. Such forums are usually reserved for presidential candidates, and although when last I checked Comey wasn’t running for that office, the field is getting so … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting exploration of that queasy, unsteady feeling many people get when standing close to the edge of a big drop. Some describe it as an urge to jump, but that might just represent a case of crossed and … Continue reading →
Yesterday I noticed that my cell phone bill was higher than usual by about ten dollars, and so I called the company. It turned out that a fee for downloading some app had been charged to my account. The person … Continue reading →
It was all political: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec’s written account of her Oct. 11, 2016, meeting with FBI informant Christopher Steele shows the Hillary Clinton campaign-funded British intelligence operative admitted that his research was political and facing … Continue reading →
This is how far some Democrats seem willing to go—or at least to jabber about: …[A]s Trump-administration officials continue to defy House subpoenas related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Democrats in control of the chamber could turn to an … Continue reading →
Another terrible school shooting in Colorado ended yesterday with a toll of one student dead and eight students wounded. This particular shooting was one of a subtype in which there were two perpetrators (I don’t know yet whether it fits … Continue reading →
Not long after the Mueller report was issued, I wrote the following: This is what I’ve been harping on for quite some time—that the anti-Trump Russiagate conspiracy theorists are requiring him to do something impossible, which is to prove his … Continue reading →
Does anyone really care about the NY Times’ news on Trump’s taxes? I’m not even sure that the Times cares all that much at this point. Oh, the anti-Trump forces are trying to spin this as big. But anyone who … Continue reading →
That’s the contention of the author of this article: “Amoral leaders [referring to the president] have a way of revealing the character of those around them,” wrote Comey without a hint of irony or self-awareness. Those whom the former FBI … Continue reading →