To Take or Not to Take … Childrens’ IDs

Bob Bowdon, author of “The Cartel,” roiled the blogosphere with his posting about Google’s “Doodle-4-Google” art contest.  The original parent consent form included a request for the child’s city of birth, date of birth and last four digits of the child’s Social Security Number.  Bowdon noted that with this information, Google could make a “statistical [...]

Taxes? We Don’t Need to Pay No Stinkin’ Taxes!

That is what apparently many federal employees think.  According to the The Hill: Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) have teamed up to take on federal employees who don’t pay their taxes. The senators announced Wednesday that they have filed a bill that seeks to collect an estimated $1 billion in back taxes [...]