This article from my tax blog at Buengeraccounting.com Very few people are aware of the relatively new tax form 1099-K. It was developed a few years ago to report transactions for businesses that take in money from credit card companies. The purpose is to force retail businesses to correctly report…

“Love doesn’t die with death. Love is like liquid; when it pours out, it seeps into others’ lives. Love changes form and shape. Love gets into everything. Death doesn’t conquer all; love does. Love wins every single time. Love wins by lasting through death. …

Most of us will live an estimated 4,000 weeks before our expiration date kicks in. Some lucky ones may make it to 5,000 and some will live much less, but on average we will put in our 4,000 and ultimately it’s up to us how to live it. A lot…

If God Is Love, Don’t Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans John Pavlovitz 2021 Growing up in the United States of America, you can’t help but be exposed to Christianity as a religion and American Christianity as a powerful cultural force. Were you to grow up in another country, other religious traditions would dominate, but we Americans need to figure out our brand of…

How would you explain the United States of America to someone from another planet? Having grown up in the USA, it’s hard to step outside of the considerable bubble that Americans inhabit and take any kind of objective view of our country and its history. But I feel it necessary…

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America Kurt Andersen 2020 Most people agree that something profound happened to American politics and its economy during the past fifty years. After the Greatest Generation survived the Depression, won World War II, and built a behemoth economy and government to boot, something big changed right around 1970. …

The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 2021 What is the Anthropocene? It’s the tiny bit of Earth history that has been dominated by human activity, a mere 15,000 or so year. That is but a blip in the billions of years that Earth has existed, and the last 200 years account for the most activity and lasting…

Florida. The Sunshine State and home of beautiful beaches, dazzling theme parks and Mar-a-lago. And one of the worst states in the USA. (Covid-19 has made that race to the bottom a nail-biter) Mind you- I love Florida and have been there many times. …

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein 2021 Insurance adjusters, judges, doctors, and forecasters of all types have to take incomplete and conflicting information and come up with a decision, often quickly. In many cases they have a lot of freedom in the scope of their decision. A judge can impose a 10 year sentence to one criminal…