Entries for August 2006

There is something different about the way the president moves these days. There are remnants of the Bush arrogance (the man who once couldn't name any mistakes he might have made), and there's still that Texas swagger when he walks in a room. But lately, as he struggles to lead a country in which a majority opposes the war in Iraq--and his congressional majority hangs in the balance--there are signs of his own frustration with the hand he has dealt himself.

This news may seem just a tad inconvenient for those Republicans working furiously to get rid of the estate tax. Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan unveiled a study this week about the tax-cheating rich. Surprise, surprise, they're using offshore bank accounts to hide their coffers--and there are so many accounts that the feds can barely even keep track.