Is April 18th really the last day to file taxes this year? Can we start on 24 January?
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Tax Season Snafus?
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It’s a new year. Don’t forget about your retirement plans.
The SECURE Act, which became effective 31 December 2019, improved the ability of small employers to secure more benefits from retirement plans. Here are the rules for firms that have only one employee.
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39 short years
Today is actually Martin Luther King’s birthday. (One of the few celebrations that are not muddied by our practice of Monday holidays.) Had MLK not been murdered (and, of course, still alive), he would be turning 95 today. He didn’t even live for 40 years, but he still left a huge imprint upon America,
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Potomac Yards Sports Complex
Many of you know I live in Alexandria, Virginia. And, the governor of our state (Glenn Youngkin) and our mayor (Justin Wilson) have just conspired to steal the Washington Bullets and Capitals (both owned by Monumental Sports- a Ted Leonsis entity) from the Capital Arena Washington DC to our Potomac Yards region.
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What does the electric vehicle mandate mean for truckers?
It’s begun. The California mandate (Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, approved on 28 April 2023 by the California Air Resources Board) to only purchase tractors (the kind that haul trailers) that are powered by hydrogen or electricity. The problem is that there are insufficient charging stations for these tractors (let alone a dearth of hydrogen fuel supply sites).
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Happy New Year
Can you believe it? The calendar page changed and it’s already 2024.
Despite our malaise, it turns out that 2023 was a pretty darned good year. We are in better sorts economically- and it should continue through this new year. That is a major change since 2020, the pandemic, and inflationary fever.
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How did Chocolate Get Here?
Imagine you are a tourist and visiting Paris. And, while perusing things in a shop, you find out that it was the Jews had brought the art of chocolate-making to France. Sacre Bleu! That was what Rabbi Deborah Prinz discovered on her travels. And, started her on a quest to find out more.
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From Truck to Rail… Long Beach Port has big plans
I have written many times about the trucking situation at the Long Beach Ports. The authorities have demanded that new truck rigs be bought (to reduce the air pollution), considered mandating the conversion to electronic truck vehicles, etc.
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Thriving in a Recession: Tips for Managing Your Household Budget and More
This post is a guest contribution from Lucas Weaver of the Yolopreneur. However, there were items that needed more direct information, so it is more of a collaboration between Mr. Weaver and Dr. Ackerman; but it was Lucas who first arrived at the subject matter- and the bulk of this post is his thoughts..
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Scientific Basis for Home Schooling? Um…No!
Home schooling has burgeoned over the past few years. (I recently wrote about this phenomenon.) It has been amplified primarily through the efforts of an advocate, Dr.Brian Ray (PhD in Science Education). He publishes studies routinely touting the benefits of the process, claiming that students outperform public schools by 15 to 25 (or 30) percentage points. (He does [or did] educate his eight kids at home.)
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