Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Today is April 15th, 2024, the day on which most American citizens will have to have paid their federal taxes on "incomes, from whateve...

Today is the last day to file your Federal income tax return for 2017 and render unto Trump what is Trump's. You'd better do it qui...

Here's an interesting take on the GOPs drive for tax reform, in the language of their own justification for eliminating some popular pe...

In Act 1, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet," a palace guard named Marcellus sees the ghost of the dead king appear on t...

I have often written about taxes in this space, as you know if you've been with me for any length of time. My position on taxes is this...

I think most of us are familiar with the Biblical story told in chapter 22 of Matthew, verses 20-22* ... "20 And he saith unto them,...

Back in 2007 I wrote a post titled Thigh Bone's Connected to the Hip Bone, etc. , in which I suggested that we as a nation were being p...

Yesterday I offered my thoughts on a rational and realistic foreign policy for this country. Since I'm on a roll, why not dust off and ...

Yesterday was April 18th, the day on which - because the 15th fell on a Friday - we Americans had to cough up our share of the dollars Uncl...

As you know, today is April 15th, and every American knows what day that is - Tax Day ... the day on which we render up to our federal Cae...

There are lots of silly things that show up on the Internet. This blog, for instance. But I like to think that I, at least, bring some thou...