Did school officials react properly?
Three eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended for a day recently for not standing during the Pledge of Allegiance.
While the parents of the three students say the punishment didn’t fit the crime of violating a district policy that all students...
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I'M SO DISILLUSIONED
Al Sharpton, a tax cheat? I thought he was a man of the people. More here. How could I be...
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TAX EVASION KILLS?
From guardian.co.uk: Illegal tax evasion by companies is depriving the developing world of $160bn (£82bn) a year, which could be...
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GOOD ON TAXES, NOT SO GOOD ON ECONOMICS
Villanova tax professor James Maule and I have had a friendly discussion going over tax and economic policy. Well, economics,...
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SLOW START
Sorry for failing to serve up freshly warmed-over tax news so far this morning. I had to clear about 700...
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China Quake, Primaries Over? and Weekend Wedding
Good Morning!
Sally and I decided we'd have to give up our second career choice as over the road truck drivers. After 13 or 14 hours in the car, our butts are still recovering. We couldn't hack it. The lure of fast food and gallon jugs of...
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Global Warming is Dead
This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. ... [From UNITED STATES Climate Summary ] Sadly, even if the United States were covered in an ice-sheet 6 feet thick it still wouldn't be...
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Behold, the True Face of Islam
When I first left I went to a cousin's home, but every day they were delivering notes to my door saying I was a prostitute and deserved the same death as Rand,' she said. ... 'But they have sent a message saying that I am wrong for defending...
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HAVE A GREAT MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND!
Mothers Day week flowers at the Gateway Park, downtown Des Moines...
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Blind Senior Citizen Bowls Perfect Game
A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.... Davis has suffered from macular degeneration, a...
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