In the last piece, I evaluated the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in terms of the goals of tax reform that I wrote about last year. However, my nerdy, tax policy-oriented approach is far from the most popular way to look at this legislation. Instead, a…

If you read the last article, you’ll know that our current tax system was brought about by a bipartisan effort to broaden the tax base and close loopholes. At the same time, you know that those reforms have unraveled a bit over time. In today’s article,…

“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Benjamin Franklin While we’ve talked about death a few times on iAt, we’ve strangely never gotten around to talking about taxes. Since this is surely a compelling topic for our readership, and…

Daily Scripture Texts Psalm 81Jeremiah 2:4-13John 7:14-31, 37-39 The prophets are often described as God’s prosecutors in His divine lawsuit against Israel for its compulsive covenant-breaking. If we use that metaphor, then Jeremiah represents the closing arguments of that case, and he is a star…