Personally, I think all inheritances should be taxed as income from the first dollar. If I inherit money, it’s effectively income. If you want your kids to have your money tax-free, give it to them before you die. If you have a household wealth of $2 million, you are in the top 10% of American […]
I took constitutional law from Richard Fallon in the mid-1990s, and he subsequently became my favorite legal theorist. I am currently in the middle of his latest – and unfortunately last – book: The Changing Constitution: Constitutional Law in the Trump-Era Supreme Court. Fallon does a masterful job situating current doctrinal developments at the Court […]
Brief article on authorized and unauthorized Immigrants to and in the United States. Much of which the article states they are less likely to be involved in criminal activity. “Immigrants and Crime in the United States” Migration Policy Institute Immigrants in the United States commit crimes at lower rates than the U.S.-born population, notwithstandingthe assertion […]
When we visited Rhode Island in April 2022 on a house-hunting trip, the housing market was red hot. We made offers on three houses, all in Providence. For the first, we made a cash offer but conditioned on inspection. That offer was immediately rejected. Our other two offers didn’t stipulate inspection, but we were out-bid. […]
The appointments of Hegseth, Noem, Kennedy, Patel, et al weren’t mistakes; they were part of a plan to destroy America so that ‘they’ can rebuild it in their image under their god and the Heritage Foundation in memory of Joseph Coors, Paul Weyrich, and Lewis Powell in the interest of wealth almighty. Something the […]
None of this means people can default whenever they wish. It does mean the consequences for student loans is harsher than for commercial loans, etc. One example is our president. Trump’s bankruptcies amount to $billions. No one has said no to Trump, you have to pay it off. The reason being? He is entitled to […]
Letters from an American “October 10, 2025” All of President Donald J. Trump’s lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize came to naught today as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s prize to María Corina Machado of Venezuela. Machado has led a movement to challenge Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, President Nicolás Maduro. The committee cited “her […]
I would say such could occur only as a last resort. Even then, it might only be for guard duty and rendering aid. After having been trained so we would be familiar with what was necessary to do, 4th Bn 10th Marines along with elements of the Army were ready. Never happened in 70 and […]
It used to be said, “If you were not doing anything wrong, what do you have to worry about?” Today, just being on the street going home, to a store, walking to church, etc. is not guaranteed to being safe anymore. Authorities can target you, just because you look different than what they perceive a […]
Robert Reich predicts the end of the shutdown. Once the air controllers decide enough is enough, the airports start to shut down when they are not there. They are not showing up in some cities. When that occurs. more likely than not, the shutdown will end “Flying to the end of the shutdown” – Robert […]