Author Archives: Megan Russell

Money is not the source of the corruption in Congress.

The complete guide to saving money while washing your clothes. What temperature should the water be? What cycle should I use? What detergent should I use?

We need to protect more of our natural rights by enumerating them.

Thanks to the public record, pieces of otherwise random information can be used to precisely identify an individual. Find out what some of the most common data leaks are in your life.

If there isn’t a strong enough outcry, these practices will become institutionalized.

Many people have asked what can be done. Here is a proposal.

“If they were in my position, and, you know, you live a privileged life—you’re living in Hawaii, in Paradise, and making a ton of money—what would it take to make you leave everything behind?”

David John Marotta and Megan Russell were interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show discussing privacy and proposing an amendment on the right to privacy of correspondence.

Five principles from analyzing the last decade of returns.

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Some of the Confederate edits to the Constitution would have helped prevent a lot of the federal mischief we’ve experienced.

We were surprised by some of the reactions to our recent article on protective tariffs as one of the primary causes of the Civil War.

Milestones in life encourage advice. In 2012, I graduated, got married, and started a job and then this year, I bought a house. I received a lot of great advice, but here is some of the worse advice I was given.

Many Americans do not fully understand the causes of the Civil War.

The complete guide to saving money while drying your clothes. Should I air dry? Can I line dry inside? Is there ever a case when my dryer is cheaper?

It’s hard to believe they would both protest a tariff-created monopoly at the Boston Tea Party and then create one at the first congress.

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The complete guide to saving money while getting your dishes clean. Does hand washing save money? Should I pre-wash? How full should I fill my dishwasher?

Don’t hesitate to take advantage of this tax code oddity.

This kitten isn’t afraid of the markets. Be more like this kitten.

Without public accountability, people are rightly suspicious that even the legitimate operations of government are corrupt.

“Don’t air condition the outside” and “Turn the lights off when you leave a room” are often quoted as proverbs of energy savings, but the real savings is in several other appliances.

Fearful of monetary or societal failure, many hope that owning gold will bring them peace of mind.

Some struggles are inevitable, but others are decided by who you marry. This kitten married well.

Compliance isn’t just a technical burden. It is a threat of legal liability. The bill allows state tax audits by any state against any online vendor.

This kitten knows his area of genius. Be more like this kitten.

It is not a new tax. It is simply a tax that nearly everyone currently reading this column is successfully evading without prosecution.

Matthew Illian says young adults should read one personal finance book a year to expand their financial literacy. See what books we would recommend.

This kitten is frugal. Be more like this kitten.

Do infant industries need tariffs to protect them from their own inefficiency and stupidity?

As the wife of a 2013 college graduate and a 2012 college graduate myself, I can boldly say this was the most helpful advice given to me.

This kitten knows how much she spends. Be more like this kitten.

Perhaps we would be economically better off with global trade, but do we have an obligation to maintain a higher moral standard?

This kitten buys the coat not the coal. Be more like this kitten.

$3 million today has the same buying power as $500,000 in 1970.

These kittens have college savings plans. Be more like these kittens.

America will continue to lose jobs where we don’t have a comparative advantage and gain jobs where we do. This change should be welcome.

For families with complexity to their finances, hiring a tax professional actually saves them money. Wealth managers bring benefit to such families in the same way.

This kitten has a budget. Be more like this kitten.

Without any authorizing legislation, the U.S. government has quietly taken more value than Cyprus tried and failed to confiscate.

This kitten lives below her means. Be more like this kitten.

As one of Forbes’s 25 largest fictional companies, Stark International could avoid $4 billion in U.S. corporate taxes with this one simple technique.

If you look beyond the short term, making this move is pretty clearly worse than using a high-interest credit card to pay your bills.

This kitten is willing to ask for help. Be more like this kitten.

If you’ve disagreed with our most recent two articles on free trade, then I challenge you to respond to these questions. Anyone?

Average Americans think about trade imbalances the wrong way. They have it exactly backward.

Anti-dumping rules are supposed to protect domestic producers and domestic jobs from unscrupulous foreign competition, but anti-dumping rules raise prices for their consumers and producers, shrink profits, and reduce the capacity of firms to invest, expand, and hire more workers.

This kitten budgets for unknowns. Be more like this kitten.

All I want is a simple cup of coffee near where I work. Is that asking too much of free trade?

Daniel J. Mitchell of the CATO Institute wrestles with the lack of no historical data to support the Starve the Beast model, only to find out that it’s because politicians have never really given it a shot.