Scott Jagow

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The Internet tax Scrooge

Dec 24, 2009
The LA Times has an editorial admonishing Internet shoppers for not paying tax on the items they buy. It says taxpayers owe the state of...

Last minute gifts

Dec 24, 2009
If you still need to pick up a present or two, I have a few suggestions. How about a lovely souvenir of the hard economic times we've all been...

Morning Reading

Dec 24, 2009
Good morning. The Senate has passed its version of the health care bill, but the debate roars on......

Following up

Dec 23, 2009
I'm following up on a couple of posts from yesterday. First, I wrote about Marketplace editor Paddy Hirsch's bank being seized and the voicemail...

Wither Blackberry?

Dec 23, 2009
For the second time in a week, Blackberry users have experienced a significant outage. This time, they lost all contact with humanity. Some in...

Fast, cheap, happy health care

Dec 23, 2009
So, I've had this nagging cough the past couple of weeks. After a while, I realized it wasn't going away on its own. I called up my doctor, and...

Morning Reading

Dec 23, 2009
Good morning. Here are a few items to stuff in the stocking. Or, you know, read:...

The Coppertone tax

Dec 22, 2009
If the Senate version of the health care bill prevails, there would be no tax on Botox treaments to help pay for the plan. No, instead, the...

Little bank, big bank

Dec 22, 2009
While we're on the subject of failed banks, our Whiteboard guru Paddy Hirsch just found out his small bank has been seized. Not that anyone at the...

One bank's trash...

Dec 22, 2009
This is one of those stories that's representative of what a long, strange trip it's been. It's also appropriate that I just quoted the Grateful...