Monthly Archives: April 2015

Black Tantrum in Baltimore

Excuse me, but did Martin Luther King, Jr. just get assassinated again? It would appear so. “We’re making history here in Baltimore, Maryland,” said Ephelyn Smith, who told NPR she took two buses and got lost to get to Freddie Gray’s funeral. Freddie Gray? He had a string of arrests dating back to 2007, most […]

Tax Bill Comes Due For Obamacare

My one-year experiment with Obamacare ended on tax day with me writing a check to the IRS for $5,424. More than half of that – $3,000 – went to reimburse the government for an Affordable Care Act health insurance policy that provided me little in the way of medical coverage. It didn’t bother me to […]