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When Families Insure Their Insurers
September 17, 2009Nathan Wilkes had to fight for his son’s life. But Wilkes didn’t take a bullet or fend off an attacking animal; he started his own company. At age 4, Thomas Wilkes had already run through the lifetime limit on the insurance plan Nathan had through his Denver-area job designing and building data networks. Although the Wilkeses were insured, their insurance company was only obliged to shell out $1 million for …
Goodbye, Earl. Now Pay Up
September 16, 2009Earl Johnson was married to a very wealthy, much older woman when he met flight attendant Fiona Bayne on a trip between London and Dublin. Johnson initially kept his marital status to himself, but, eventually, the truth came out. When it did, however, neither Johnson’s elderly wife nor Bayne left him. Instead, the three started living together, and Bayne took on caretaking duties for Johnson’s wife, whose money allowed them …
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More Ice In The Arctic
September 15, 2009As the long summer’s day turns to night across the high Arctic, the diminished polar ice cap is beginning to re-freeze. It has a head start this year, because ice now covers more of the Arctic Ocean than last year at this time. There was more ice last year than the year before, too. This will be the first time since 1990-1992 that Arctic sea ice coverage, at its minimum …
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The Extraordinary Life Of An Ordinary Person
September 14, 2009Gertrude Baines, who was the world’s oldest person when she died on Friday at age 115, was an ordinary woman whose longevity gave her an extraordinary life. But what strikes me most about her death is how ordinary lives like hers soon may be. Just hours before Ms. Baines was found dead in her bed in a Los Angeles convalescent home, Japan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare reported that the …
Undoing Great Projects Of The Past
September 11, 2009On June 26, 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower boarded the Royal Yacht Brittania and floated through the gates of the St. Lawrence Seaway, declaring the series of locks and canals officially open. The seaway, which was jointly financed by the United States and Canada, cost $470 million to build, and the construction took five years to complete. While British explorers never found the Northwest Passage that …
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Ten Better Ways to Choose A Senator
September 10, 2009This country has got to come up with a better way to fill vacancies in the U.S. Senate. I want to help. We can’t seem to keep from embarrassing ourselves whenever someone gives up a seat in the institution that calls itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” That’s another way of saying, “51 percent is a majority everywhere else, but we need at least 60 percent to decide what to …
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Tags: Governors, Obama, Senator Selection, The Senate
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
September 9, 2009The global financial meltdown began here in the United States a year ago, so it is odd that only the United Kingdom’s television viewers will be able to watch tonight’s presentation of “The Last Days of Lehman Brothers.” The BBC broadcast, which has drawn good reviews, is the most ambitious dramatization to date of the events that nearly brought the world’s business infrastructure crashing down. I am among the many …
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Loaded Words
September 8, 2009“The pen is mightier than the sword,” the old saying tells us, but what few people remember is that the pen, like the sword, can be deadly when wielded with malice. Of course, pens alone cannot kill, just as guns alone cannot kill, as proponents of gun rights are eager to remind us. Fatalities occur when hateful ideas are combined with deadly force. This is why a commentator who advocates …
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Remembering Hugo
September 4, 2009Long before the epic disaster that was Katrina, before the destruction of Wilma and the surprise of Andrew, Hurricane Hugo ushered in the modern era of powerful storms striking intensely developed coastlines, 20 years ago this month. About once every generation a storm comes along that reminds Americans how vulnerable our shores can be. The nation’s worst natural disaster was the hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, in 1900, killing at …
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You Said You Were Sending Money
September 3, 2009The friendly Sears dealer promised a $75 rebate on our new washer and dryer. Since I hate filling out paperwork, she obligingly offered to do it for me, and a few weeks later an envelope arrived in the mail. But when I opened it up, expecting to find my rebate check, I found a prepaid debit card instead. I immediately flashed back to the last time this happened. It was …
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Tags: Prepaid Debit Cards, Rebate Checks, Rebates, Sears
Other Posts From Current Commentary
May 2012
- Separating News From Noise by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Justifiable Tightening Of Reporters’ ‘Lockup’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The True Cost of Cost Basis by Anthony D. Criscuolo, CFP®
- New York Gets To Keep Its Broken Housing Market by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Another Pulitzer Honors Faulty Reporting On Taxes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Is It Time To Develop Secret Antibiotics? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Relentlessly Searching For The Facts by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Like It Or Not, It’s Still Montana, U.S.A. by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Europe Gets Sick Of Being Sick by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Evolving Under Pressure, Obama Endorses Gay Marriage by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Trouble With Big Partnerships by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sudden Endings by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Washington’s Embargo Against… Philadelphia by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Nuclear-Free Japan Means For Us by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Argentine Kleptomania Strikes Again by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Speaking Of Dying by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Putting Lottery Winners On Display by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
April 2012
- How The Secret Service Scandal Protects Obama by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Can Blue Dogs Survive? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- An Immigrant-Friendly Republican Dares To Dream by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Reporter Demands His Subject’s Prosecution by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Getting Banks Back Into Banking by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Happens If The Electoral College Is Deadlocked? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- California’s Train To Nowhere by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Con Ed Delivers What New Yorkers Crave: Fiscal Abuse by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Unreasonable Suspicion In The Big Apple by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- On Chinese Currency, Be Careful What You Wish For by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The True Cost Of Using Other People’s Money by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- On The Streets Of Little Havana by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Did Arctic Warming Sink Titanic? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Graceless Candidate, Graceless Exit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Administration That Won’t Defend DOMA Still Enforces It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Strip Search The Supreme Court by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- High School Does Not Go High Enough by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Aberrations Underscore Flight Crews’ Usual Excellence by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Childish GOP Ad On Health Care by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protecting The EPA From Itself by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Memo To The FTC: No Harm, No Foul by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 2012
- Before Sanford, A New England Gunshot With Better Results by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reform College Accreditation To Address Student Needs by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Good, The Bad, And The Unconstitutional by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Dividends: An Old Idea Comes Back Into Fashion by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Can Corporate Dividends Provide Retirement Security? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- It Isn’t A Strategic Popularity Reserve by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Florida’s Prepaid Tuition Plan Lives On Borrowed Time by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Tax Trap For Same-Sex Couples Will Snare Others Too by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When I Had All The Answers by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Summer Panic, Winter Rally: Nothing’s Changed But The Season by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Vermonters Buy Into A Constitutional Mess Of Pottage by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The IRS Goes Back To Playing Politics by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Management Failure That Could Cost $168 Million by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Pension Self-Deception Is A New York State Of Mind by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Recouping Taxpayer Investment In AIG by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Framing Our Biases In The Primaries by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Europe Has Pneumonia; China Catches A Cold by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Google Scares People by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- You Can Get It At Barnes & Noble, Except When You Can’t by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Evolution Could Have Killed My Daughter by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Give A Green Light To Backup Camera Rules by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When ‘Moderate’ Becomes An Insult by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
February 2012
- Buffett Plays ‘I’ve Got A Secret’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The End Of ‘Stare Decisis’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama Manufactures A Gift To The World by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Elections Don’t Make A Democracy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Conflict Journalism by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Standing In The Chapel Door by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Taking The Federally Designated Scenic Route by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Limits Of, And On, Political Intelligence by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Is 2012′s Black Swan Taking Flight In The Middle East? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Greece’s Pseudo-Devaluation by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Political Truth In Obama’s Budget by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama ‘Accommodates’ Catholics by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Stuff That’s Too Weird To Be True Often Isn’t by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Same-Sex Marriage May Return Quickly To California by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Hit-Or-Miss Forecasts Of A Hit-Or-Miss Winter by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Broadcast Standards Malfunction by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Great Paradox: Why Stocks Aren’t Getting Respect by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- A Republican’s Matching Program For Planned Parenthood by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Collateral Consequences: Why Bar Sex Offenders From Business Loans? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Climate Change: Earlier Elections, Later Super Bowls by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
January 2012
- What We Don’t Know About America’s Most Famous Secretary by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Carrying The Political Burden Of “Carried Interest” by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Wisconsin Emerges As A Crucial Swing State by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Fed’s Sunshine Is Blinding Me by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Falklands Still A Hot Spot In A Cold Southern Ocean by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- From James Brady To Gabrielle Giffords by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Reporters Need Sources by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Refreshing Internet Smackdown by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Whiff Of Energy Prosperity May Be All We Get by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Strom Thurmond Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The National Transportation Scolding Board by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bill Daley Takes A Shower by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Giving The President’s Process Its Due by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Did Huntsman Accomplish? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York Times Tilts News On Taxes, Again by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Cuomo’s Folly by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Third Chicago Airport Goes Nowhere, Slowly by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Just Because I Like You, Don’t Assume I Really Do by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Republicans Limp Out Of The Gate by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What To Do About Crammed Overhead Bins by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
December 2011
- A Year Of Spinning Wheels by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Love, Autism, And Excellent Modern Journalism by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- America, The Rising Petro Power by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- One Holiday Gift We Can’t Return by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reading The Reactions To North Korea by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Skewed Priorities: The Climate Lobby’s Call For $100 Billion A Year by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Drones Start To Play A Law Enforcement Role by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Farewell From A Shrimp-Eater by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Long-Range Tax Planning, Nine Days At A Time by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why $1.2 Trillion Is No Big Deal by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- An Ivy League Course In Buying Government Power by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Time For A North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Worst Job In America by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Little Girls Don’t Vote by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Europeans Ask Themselves: What Is Europe? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York To Boomer Business Owners: Get Lost by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Million Missing Babies by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- While We Focus On Overweight Kids, Others Go Hungry by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Nine-Nine-Nine Campaign Gets Deep-Sixed by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Power Failure: Barney Frank Calls It Quits by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Legal Scholar Overreaches From The Bench by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
November 2011
- How I Got Patched In by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Retail Therapy For Investors by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Fed Asks, ‘How Bad Is Bad Enough?’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Do Black Friday Shoppers Have FICA On Their Minds? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How The Federal Budget Will Finally Get Fixed by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Magical Money Can’t Fix Europe’s Banks by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Small End To A Small Movement by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Put The Court’s Health Care Debate On The Air by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Leading From The Rear On Energy, Again by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When Journalists Sit On A Story, It’s Bad News by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Simple Steps Can Protect Athletes Who Play Here by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Methuselah Problem by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Remembering The Armistice Bells by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Welcome Mat For Foreigners Buying U.S. Homes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Utopian ‘Conflict Minerals’ Mandate Offers No Practical Solution by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Death Is Still Certain; Taxes Not So Much by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bigger Market Swings Are A New Fact Of Life by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- My Magic School Bus Rides Again by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Papandreou Tells Greeks It’s Time To Grow Up by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Face-Saver For The iPhone Police by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Corzine Gets Into Another Wreck by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
October 2011
- A Whipsaw Summer Gets Put On Ice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- President’s HARP May Hit The Right Note by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Expect A Supercommittee No-Show At Thanksgiving by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Restoring The National Mojo by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Blackfeet Warrior Who Enforced Federal Promises by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Aesop’s Fables And Corporate Tax Policy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Happy Endings That Almost Didn’t Happen by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Another Reason To Kill DOMA: College Financial Aid by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Thanks For Nothing: India’s $1 Billion Telecom Swindle by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- “Prepaid” College Plans May Deliver Less Than They Promised by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reality Takes Down The CLASS Act by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Producing Fair Results From An Unfair Process by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Foreign Banks Will Shun American Business by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Desperate Times Produce Desperate Thinking by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Good Managers Admit Their Mistakes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Better Ways To Halt Environmentally Damaging Trade by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Life Lessons On Occupied Wall Street by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Layaway Makes A Comeback by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Good Deal, If You Can Get It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Seeing A Scary Movie For The Second Time by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Paying Pirates Is Delivering The Expected Results by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
September 2011
- A Few Decades With Andy Rooney by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Putting Friendly Drones In Civilian Skies by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How To Make Help-Wanted Ads Disappear by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Iranian Hostages: Old Story, Same Ending by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Envisioning A Romney-Perry Ticket by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Netflix Struggles To Find A Hollywood Ending by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- As Arctic Night Falls, Sea Ice Holds Its Ground by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- We Need To Define Poverty Before We Measure It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The President’s Plan Of Inaction by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Gov. Perry’s Pro-Choice Conversion by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sweet Music To Soothe The Savage Banker by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Not-That-Special Election by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How Many Jobs Does $447 Billion Buy? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Trouble With Anecdotes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- On Social Security, A Nixon-To-China Moment by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Magic That Followed 9/11 by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Presidential Malpractice Complaint by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The President’s Pre-Game Show by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The President Opts For More Of The Same by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bonus Years by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Another ‘Lost Cause’ In Charleston, S.C. by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
August 2011
- Ratings Agencies Must Fight Together For Independence by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Waiting For My Next iPhone by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Unstoppable Disasters by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Overlooked Talent Of Steve Jobs by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- There’s Journalism, And There’s Journalists by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Exit Routes For Despots by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bachmann’s Changing Stance On Gays by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protecting Apes Can Make Us Better People by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Romney Was Right: Corporations Really Are People by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama’s Sesame Street Bus Tour by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bosses React To Workers’ Anti-Social Networking by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Walls And Fences by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Prosperity By Decree by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Company Men, Doing Their Best by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Rhode Island v. America On Capital Punishment by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Most Important Case You Never Heard Of by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Time To Put Unemployment Front And Center by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- Treasury Downgrade: A Shock But No Surprise by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bloody Streets And Flying Pigs by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Jumping The Crevice To Reach The Cliff by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Teenagers Face A Jobless Summer by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Five Lasting Lessons From The Debt Ceiling Debate by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Debt Ceiling Debate Is A Big Story With Little News by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
July 2011
- Bill Clinton Calls A Hail Mary by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Amazon’s New Tactic In An Old Fight by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- American Fathers, American Kids by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Secret’s Out: Employers Don’t Like Unions by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- IRS Concedes Gift Tax Fight It Can’t Win by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Europe Accepts A Little Reality by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Final Touchdown by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Borrowing Our Way To Better Credit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How A Grand Jury Prevented A Mistake by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Does A Penny Cost Nearly 2 Cents? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Because We Say So by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Saying No To Service Plans by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- McConnell’s Gamble: Give ‘Em What They Asked For by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nowadays, Most Betty Ford Republicans Are Democrats by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sales Tax Kickbacks by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Murdoch Delivers, And We Despise Him For It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Wichita Lineman by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Centenarian’s Imperfect But Impressive Recall by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Democrats Play A Weak Hand by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Expecting The Impossible And Denying The Inevitable by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
June 2011
- The Postal Service’s Gloomy Twilight by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- A Mild Pain Reliever With A Risk Of Side Effects by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Mixed Reviews At Home But Boffo In Beijing by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Politics Of Courage by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New Ethics Rules, Same Old Albany by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why A Nobel Prize Is Not Enough by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- States Get Aggressive With Self-Employed Nonresidents by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Wal-Mart’s Close Call by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Companies Catch Up On Health Reform by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Father’s Life Story by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Distinguishing Tax ‘Incentives’ From ‘Subsidies’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- No Golden Charm To Fix Our Money Problems by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Few Hardy Little Bats Hang On by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Learning Disability That Wasn’t by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Taking A Good Decision Too Far by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Slow But Steady Justice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York Remakes Itself, 30 Feet Above The Pavement by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- As The Yankees Go, So Goes The United States. by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- A Case Of Stagflation by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama’s Trade Adjustment Quid Pro Quo by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- On The Internet, Nobody Knows Where You Work by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Disabled By The Economy? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
May 2011
- The Pocketbook Truth Of Airline Alliances by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Financial Planning For The Formerly Deceased by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Not All The Sharks Are In The Water by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Comings And Goings Of The Private-Jet-Set by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Fighting Wikipedia Spam by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Symbol Of Hate At The House Of Justice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Good Intentions, Bad Policy On Retirement Savings by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Microsoft Calls Skype On Our Dime by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Money, Power And Sex by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Good News In Housing’s Bad News by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- IRS Rattles A Gift Tax Saber by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reckless Opinions? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Homes That Built Us by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Is It Time For ‘Gambling Ed’ In Schools? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- An Epic 2012 Presidential Campaign Looms, But Not Here by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Paying Sales Commissions Without A Sale by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- GOP Grownups Join The Party by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Phones That Can Get Someone Killed by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Teaching Creativity by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Breaking The Bin Laden Story by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The End Of The Beginning by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
April 2011
- Who Should Defend An Indefensible Law? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Obligation To Be Struck by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Political Science by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Investigation Season by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Newspapers Fight To Keep A Government Perk by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- More Of A Good Thing by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Risk-Free Myth by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- ‘Red Dawn’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Can Struggling Cities Shrink Their Way To Health? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Exporting Raymond by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The ‘Anti-Dumping’ Protection Racket by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Shades Of Gray At Berkshire Hathaway by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Fish Stories by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- More Schools, Less Value by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- It Isn’t Always The Victors Who Write History by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Presidency In Search Of A President by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Good Turnout But A Bad Idea by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Southwest’s Lesson: Inspections May Not Be Enough by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- DAD On Board: Cars That Take Your Keys Away by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s First Picture Show by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Japan Shows Us It Can Happen Here by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 2011
- Leaving Bad Enough Alone by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Judge Defends Property Against Google-ization by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- My Letter To A Senator Friend by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Right To Lie by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Buying Customer Goodwill, And Keeping It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- ‘National’ Public Radio’s Local Franchises by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Applying Printing-Press Rules To Digital Books by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Can ‘Charter Cities’ Create Opportunity? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How Important Is College For A Governor? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Coached, Coaxed And Coerced Children’s Testimony by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Emperor’s Speech by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Robber Baron Houses Need Robber Baron Owners by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama Energy Policy Lies In Japan’s Rubble by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Japan’s Three Existential Crises by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Libya And The ‘Bystander Effect’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Open Road Beckons U.S. And Mexico by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Trade Victory Made In America by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- An Unequal Price For Equality by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- Including Sex In Sex Education by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Making A Budget Without Making Choices by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Green Shoots For A Frozen Housing Market by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- ‘Club Wegmans’ Shows We Can Still Get Together by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Piracy Reaches Its Foregone Conclusion by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
February 2011
- ‘Card-Check’ Is The Latest Commerce Clause Battleground by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Giving Wisconsin Taxpayers A Say On Pay by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Defense Of Marriage Act Proves Indefensible by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Revolutionary Idea: Stasis Is Not Stable by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Stock Exchange Needs More Than A Big Tree by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Where Will Tomorrow’s Workers Come From? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Egypt Tells Us About Cuba by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Under Housing’s Weight, Uncle Sam Finally Shrugs by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nonessential Air Service by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Big Boys, Big Toys by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A New Enemy Of The People by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama’s Olive Branch Still Looks Like A Stick by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protecting Us From Opportunity by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- No Front-Runners Among My Early GOP Favorites by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Women Discuss, Men Expound by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- ‘Functionally Bankrupt,’ But Honest About It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Shielding Police From Microphones by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Global Cone Of Uncertainty by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Makes An Artist? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
January 2011
- Cairo Spring by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Education, Closer To Home by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Paying People Not To Work by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Rough Treatment In The Courtroom by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A New Appreciation For Partners by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Outbound Border Security by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Toyota Tries To Get The Feeling Back by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- First-Class Airlines, And The Rest by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Less Partisan State Of The Union? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Collecting Digital Fingerprints by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Brazil’s No-Tell Motels Tell Us by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama’s Call To The Bullpen by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Will They Give Frequent Flyer Miles In Space? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nut Jobs With Guns by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Patriotic Justice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Comfortably Uncool by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Thoroughbreds At Losing Money by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Insane Chatter by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Industrial Heart Of The Rain Forest by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Year To Rediscover ‘Normal’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Year Of Spinning Wheels by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
December 2010
- The IRS Can Reunite Families, If We Let It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A New ‘Sputnik Moment,’ As Misleading As The First by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sense Of Mall by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Unintended Results: Reviving The Single-Payer Option by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Mad Men, And Women With Reason To Be by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Another Problem For LTC Insurance: Earlier Alzheimer’s Diagnosis by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York’s ‘Wiseguy’ Revenue Raisers by Rebecca Pavese, CPA
- Crumbling Economics Undermine Long-Term Care Offerings by Anna K. Pfaehler, CFP®
- The Best Tax Law Money Can Rent by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- In Memory Of Harold Elkin, 1926-2010 by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- It’s Come To This: ‘Redshirt’ Kindergartners by Rebecca Pavese, CPA
- The 2 Percent Solution by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Baucus Fires Up The FUD Machine by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Day To Reflect On Human Rights by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Price Love? Try $1.75 Million by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Undeclared War Against Wikileaks by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Is A Korean Endgame In Sight? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Unseen Battle Over Estate Taxes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Our Ever-Changing Permanent Tax Rates by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Euro Lifeboat by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nothing Accomplished, But A Surprisingly Good Start by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
November 2010
- Subversive Art by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York’s Not-So-Indispensable Man by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- My Bold Prediction: We’ll Have Summer Next Summer by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Traveling Turkeys by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Place Where Time Stands Still by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Economic Fujiwara by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Libel And The Shield Of Truth by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protect Our Pastry Heritage by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Golden Elephant by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Hypocritical Cloning Ban by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Buying Disney Magic On Credit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Clueless by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Chairman Mao’s Living Legacy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Living Without Reserves by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Pelosi Blocks Obama’s Re-Election Path by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Gulf’s Uncontrolled Money Spill by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Treats For Broadcasters At Public Expense by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Assault On Soda Leaves A Bad Taste by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Organized Labor Tries To Regroup by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Long Night For Sarah Palin by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When Reporters Enter The Story, It’s Bad News by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
October 2010
- Congressional Insiders Trade Whenever They Want by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Ponies For Everyone by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The First World Series I (Mostly) Never Saw by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- “Helicopter Ben” Climbs Into The Cockpit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- IRS Fixes A Tax Court Slip-Up by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Don’t Like The Speech? Attack The Speaker by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When Mattie Meets Halley by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When Bosses Collude Against Their Talent by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Foreclosure Foul-ups Further Delay Recovery by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Burying A Big-Ticket Tunnel by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Getting Real Health Insurance On Campus by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How TARP Staved Off Disaster by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Colombia’s Example Can, And Can’t, Offer Mexico by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Playing Gotcha Can Getcha by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Calling For Common Sense On Cell Phone Taxes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Tax System That Promotes Prosperity by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Good News For Hackers by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Call It The ‘Universal Slush Fund’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- SEC Lets Shareholders Act Like Owners — To A Point by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Prosecutor Crosses The Line by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reggie Bush Steps Up And Goes Down by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
September 2010
- Human Flags At The Top Of The World by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Keeping College Debt Under Control by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The ‘Southwest Effect’ Expands Its Reach by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Can Superman Rescue Parochial Schools? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Going After ‘Idle Iron’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Defending Privacy Against Border Defenders by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- If Things Are Getting Better, Why Are We So Miserable? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The 2012 Election Campaign Gets Underway by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Tax Collectors In Funny Hats by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Great Firewall Of Harrisburg by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Best Anti-Smoking Tool Might Be Cigarettes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- As Primary Smoke Clears, Election Scene Looks The Same by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Getting Closer To Consensus On Gay Rights by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Redundant Choice, A Wasted Opportunity by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Dumb Idea For Smart Phones by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama Offers To Hold The Football by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Facts About Eggs And Goats by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Roth IRA Conversion Clock is Ticking by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- A 100-Year Promise (Picture Frame Not Included) by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Kids Are Alright; Parents Will Be, Too by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The End Of Our Company-Paid Health Insurance by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
August 2010
- The ‘Risk-Aversion’ Misnomer by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The First Alzheimer’s Vaccine: A Helmet by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Today’s Miserables Confront Javert’s Three-Strikes Law by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- One Less Reason To Flee New York by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Rooting For Gridlock And A Tax Hike by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How Everyone Came To Have A Second Mortgage by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Creative Financing For Uncle Sam by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Seeing The Forest, Losing Sight Of The Trees by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Government Regulation That Works, So Far by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- MoveOn Targets Target, And Free Speech by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Does The Supreme Court Need Reserve Players On The Bench? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bank of Mom and Dad Offers Great Rates by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- In Hot Pursuit Of Publicity by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Night Of The Grizzlies by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Outflanking Mastercard And Visa by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Seeking Grown-Ups At Hewlett-Packard by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Putting Principle Before Profit by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing? by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- A VAT Made In America by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Fairer Share Of Nothing by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Insurers Cling To Beneficiaries’ Money by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Breaking Dishes In The Credit Market by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
July 2010
- Ford’s Idea: Pay More To Get Less by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Science Creates Another Storm For BP by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Cleaning Up Those Automatic Charges by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Jailbreaking The iPhone, Legally by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Daniel Schorr’s Example by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Recognizing America’s Less-Than-Perfect Credit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Just What Does A Spy Do, Anyway? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Taxing The Tan, Not The Sun by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Texas Excises A Symbol Of Hate by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Export-Import Melodrama by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Kill A Man, Bury The News by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Hidden Cost of Cheating by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Steinbrenner’s Timely Exit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Alcoa Can’t Wait by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Funding A Pension With Really Liquid Assets by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- The Plain, Irrational Truth About DOMA by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Privacy Has Its Place, But Not Necessarily At Work by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Controlling Your Company’s Destiny by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Obama’s White House Party Is Winding Down by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- They Bet Your Life On It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Putting Pot Over The Counter by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
June 2010
- Taxing Castles In The Air by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Closing The Books On Sen. Byrd by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Will Court Conservatives Challenge Land-Use Rules? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Restoring Confidence In Europe’s Banks by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When Hands-On Bosses Go Too Far by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Executioner’s Tweet by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- China’s Economy Starts To Grow Up by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Celebrating The Pandemic That Fizzled by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- You Say You Want A Revolución? by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- Getting Safely Home by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Time To Put Justice On Camera by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Energy Policy? What Energy Policy? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How Low Interest Rates Sap Economic Growth by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- To Err Is Human, Except When It’s A Crime by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New U.S. Long-Term Care Plan Misses The Mark by Anna K. Pfaehler, CFP®
- Genuinely Hosed By Counterfeit Cash by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Primary Races To Watch Today by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Free If You Use It, Pay If You Don’t by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- In The Middle East, Fighting Is Easier Than Peace by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Surrendering American Citizenship by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- One Year Of Feeding The Beast by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Looking For A New Fall Guy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
May 2010
- Quite A Haul by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Person Behind The Mask by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Diving Deep Into The Unknown by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Buy Me A Spreadsheet, And Cracker Jack by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Exile On Wall Street by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The TARP Shuffle by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Dog That Did Not Bark by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Stealing Love Away by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Mid-Term Election Preview by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Americans Back On The Move by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The iPhone Gestapo by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Israel Joins The OECD by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Is Time Running Out For Wrist Watches? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Steve Jobs Plays Big Brother by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sensible Measures In Europe by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Read All About It: Newspaper War In New York by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Mess In The Gulf? Blame Cheney by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Financial Thunderstorm, Not A Hurricane by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Take My Power. Please. by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- YouPad, iDon’t by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
April 2010
- The Secret Bendable Straw by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- “Benefit Corporations,” But For Whose Benefit? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Right Move, Wrong Reasons by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Suppressing Good News by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Arizona’s Experiment In Large-Scale Profiling by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Learning To Deal With Police by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Paying The Price For Blowing The Whistle by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Another Misdirected, Unproductive Subsidy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- It’s Not Cheating To Be Lucky Or Smart by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Now Available On Campus: ‘Gender-Neutral’ Housing by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- As A Wild Season Ends, What Next? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Setback For Net Neutrality by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- We Need More Justices Like Stevens by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Last Victims Of Katyn by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Prosecutor, Judge And Jury by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The War We Were Not Meant To See by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Lucifer Effect by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Immigration Madness by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Zipping Around Paradise by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Cleaner Air, Cleaner Living by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New EPA Rules Are Not Good Housekeeping by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Great American Pie Festival by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
March 2010
- Cross Singapore Off The Itinerary by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Mosques And Minarets by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Deferring Divorce In Hard Times by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Risk Premium For ‘Riskless’ Debt by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Wi-Fi In The Sky by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Captain EO Returns by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Visiting Nelly by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Retirement Annuities: A False Sense of Security by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- New York Hocks Its Future by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Confessions of a Tax Preparer by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- Ending My Company’s Health Care Benefit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Good First Step On Earmarks by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Kicking The Umpire Out Of The Game by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Granting Asylum From An Ally by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When The World Suddenly Changes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- So Long, Charlie by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Job-Search Carpet Bombing by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Ignore Those Numbers Behind The Curtain by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Making Good On A Promise by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protecting Internet Freedom In Friendly Countries by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The R-Word by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The $1 Trillion Empty Promise by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Meet China’s ‘Ant Tribe’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
February 2010
- Fallible Forecasts by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- GOP Has A Good Shot At Control In House by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What A Friend by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Next Bailout Candidate: The Letter Carrier by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Health Care Summit Theatrics by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Just Smile And Nod, Guys by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Handicapping This Year’s Senate Races by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Changing The Faces Of Corporate Boards by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Fresh Look At Teaching Abstinence by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Learning To Play Nice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Talk To Chuck by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Victory For Old-School Publishers by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Save Now, Pay Later by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What A Feeling by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Pay An Underwater Mortgage? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Unions Build A Public-Sector Stronghold by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Time Is Running Out For Truth In Budgeting by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Cover Charge To Get Into America by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
January 2010
- Alito Takes The Bait by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Taxing The Other Guy In Oregon by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- State Of His Union by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Recklessness Has Its Place by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Accepting Inconvenience For Safety by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Free Speech Finally Means All Speech by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Time For A SecureNet by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Are Voters The Last To Know? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Winds Of Political Change Blow In Massachusetts by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Going Where The Money Is by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Big Rigs Run Through It by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Dissatisfied Workers? Not Here by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- An Old TV War Horse Gets A New Look by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Well-Intentioned Law May Keep Older Americans Unemployed by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Seeking A Slice Of ‘Onshoring’ Pie by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Put Eco-Vigilantes Out Of Business by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Paying For What We Watch by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Faith And Flying by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- It’s 2010. Do You Know Where Your Lawyer Is? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
December 2009
- The Longest Year by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Look, Mom — I’m A Gay Republican Now by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Liberation On The Tarmac by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Privacy In The Workplace by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- No Pontoons For Santa Claus by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Finance Oracles See Trouble Ahead For Greece by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Universal Coverage: A Bus Ticket To Omaha by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Seeking The Trophy CEO by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Britain Beats Up Its Bankers, Too by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Estate Tax Disappears, For Now by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Marvin Miller’s Overdue Honor by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Oceanfront vs. Ocean View by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Keep Giving Those Value-Destroying Gifts by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Ben The Boogeyman by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Something Better Than ‘Cash For Caulkers’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reality Bites by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Loose Change by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Airlines Celebrate The Holidays (Hide Your Wallet) by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- News Sites Erect Walls Against Google by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The FCC Goes Backward To The Future by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nice While It Lasted by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Strange Birds by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
November 2009
- Put Pirates And Kidnappers Out Of Business by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Saving Appalachian Mountains by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nanook Of The North by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nevada’s Nuclear Poker by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Showing China Some Love by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Controlling The Weather — Or Not by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Built-In Bailout For FHA by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Caught On Tape by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Cameras At The Supreme Court by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Bear Stearns Prosecutors Deserve A ‘D-’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Admitting A Mistake, 10 Years Later by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Stimulus By Any Other Name Is Just As Misguided by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How The Cold War Ended, And How It Didn’t End by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Be Careful What You Wish For by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Let Owners Control What They Own by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- What Ordinary People Can And Cannot Tell Us by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Tax The Wind And The Sun by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Update: Moderation Carries The Day by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Defining Progress For Women (And Everyone Else) by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Narrow Minds, Small Tent by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Pent-Up Consumer Demand Meets ‘Zombie Stores’ by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
October 2009
- Monsters Kiss And Make Up by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Barring The Doors To Minorities by Shomari D. Hearn, CFP®, EA
- Soupy And Me by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Best Tax Law Money Can Buy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Life Insurers Pump It Up by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- When The Backup Needs A Backup by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Citi’s Phibro Giveaway: Politics Trumps Business Sense by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Federal ‘Shield Law’ Threatens Press Freedom by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sick Leave Mandate Is A Workplace Headache by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Manufacturing The American Future by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- On Tap For Seniors: The Un-COLA by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- For Same-Sex Couples, Love Ain’t Cheap by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Full Disclosure: My Secret Life As A Union Man by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- How About A ‘Sin Tax’ For Employers by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Pound Cake Chronicles by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Fading Greenback by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Staying Out Of The Investment Cash Squeeze by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Banks Back The Banks’ Backer by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Getting Tough Without Getting Smart by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Do We Honor The Artist Or The Art? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nothing Poetic In This Justice by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Disney By The Bay by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
September 2009
- Doctor’s Orders For The Global Economy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Copyright Holders Get Googled by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Western Leaders Stand Together, Alone by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Business As Usual In The Showrooms by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A School System’s Secret Recipe by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Delta Farce Takes Brazil by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reach Out And Tax Someone by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Power To Fix Mistakes by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Roadkill by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Getting Dinged For Dings by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Coexisting With Evil by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
August 2009
- A ‘No Change’ Promise We Can’t Believe In by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Sharing The Joy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Redemption For Kennedy And Nixon by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Homesteaders For Modern America by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Crackdown On ‘Pay To Play’ by Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
- A Clunker Of A Program by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Legislation by Intimidation by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Will Estate Taxes Really Disappear? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Corporate Tuna Team Scores Big by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Holding the Innocent Accountable by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Rescue Dairy Farmers: Outlaw Milk by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Holding Patterns by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Much Debate, Little Dialogue by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Nine Lives Needlessly Lost by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Erasing History by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Drill, Baby, Drill – Carefully by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Southeast Water War by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Resisting Invasion by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Preventing The Next Meltdown by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- A Promising Step In China by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protecting News We Give Away by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
July 2009
- Recalling Big Brother by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- 420: Time To Legalize Pot by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Supreme Court Caucuses by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Welcome To The Credit Card ‘Club’ by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Picking On Multinationals by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Reappraising The Housing Villains by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Activist-In-Chief by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Lock Up The Bankers by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Lou Doesn’t Stand With Speculators, Either by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Walter L. Cronkite Jr. 1916-2009 by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Microsoft, Google, Lewis And Clark by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Perception Meets Reality At G-8 by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Security vs. Privacy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Ox Gores Back by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Student Athletes Seek Their Share by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Court Considers Free Speech For All by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Warning: Your College Experience May Depend On Stock Market Results by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- Trouser Trouble by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Not Much Stimulation by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Bankrupt State We’re In by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Fireworks In Pyongyang by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Fair Use by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Good, The Bad And The Legally Blind by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
June 2009
- Congressional Kangaroos Hold Court by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Back To Basics In Banking by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Where Are The Bats? by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Hard Times For Hezbollah by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Why Public And Private Health Insurance Cannot Coexist by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Taxing Health Insurance Benefits by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Waiting For Life To Go On by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Gays Get Choosier About Their Friends by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Protect Us From Our Protection by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Civil Cyberwar In Iran by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Dialing For Dollars At The Treasury by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Hurling Day And Health Care Reform by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- The Bright Side Of El Ni√±o by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- No Plan B In Beantown by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Albania On The Hudson by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Retail Therapy For The Economy by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Showing Mexican Truck Drivers The Exit by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Does GM’s Bankruptcy Presage America’s Too? by Jonathan M. Bergman, CFP®, EA
- “Remembering” Tiananmen Square by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Merkel On The Fed by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Barack Obama: The Lee Iacocca of His Generation by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
- Desperate ‘Times’ Call For Desperate Measures by Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®
