The recent ProPublica article, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax”, by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel, shows that the wealthiest US persons pay a true-tax rate of just around 3.5%. We can grumble about it, sure. As middling income or poor people, we pay…
Stop being pains in your parents behinds.
(featured photo from STL.com) The title of this piece refers to how I spelled the word education on a 2nd grade spelling pre-test. By the end of the week I had learned the correct, dictionary spelling, and I have never forgotten it. Even today when I spell the word for something, I say the letters to…
There’s been too much rain lately, too many days of wet. Wet roads, wet trees. Slick roads. Slick words from many corners of the news and social media. And too many out there lapping up those slicks.
To My Sisters, Nieces, Cousins – Your Auntie is out here. And you can visit anytime. There’s pick up from the airport, train or bus station. There’s a warm bed and good food here. And I can take you to see ANY of the sights you want to see. Just name it. I can take…
