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A Taxing Situation

Every April I’m called upon to account for how I spent the previous year; how I spent taking care of my dependents, how I spent paying off my mortgage, and how I spent on a whole laundry list of other … Continue reading

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We Didn’t Choose to be Bureaucrats

  In terms of sheer tonnage, the United States it the world’s leading producer of weapons-grade bureaucracy. Nothing officially happens in this country until it’s been recorded on a complicated and mysteriously-named form, approved, counter-signed, and carried to its final … Continue reading

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Division of Motor Violence

When I got a note in the mail saying I needed to renew my driver’s license, I wasn’t worried.  After all, I’ve been driving since I was sixteen.  All I had to do was take a quick written exam, get … Continue reading

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Spin Control

I pity the Presidential candidates. It’s not easy being them. For starters, they live on the road twenty-four-seven. A life of travel sounds exciting until you realize that most of the time they are ending up in desolate, barely civilized … Continue reading

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