Quotes from Election Night

Some quotes – from the professionals and regular citizens – about the election. “President Obama was re-elected, relying on a coalition of voters that was broader than it was deep. Democrats maintained an edge in party identification, allowing Mr. Obama to win despite losing independent voters by several points. Forty-five percent of those who voted…

What are large companies really paying in taxes?

The site NerdWallet.com set out to answer that question, as well as questions about income disparities between low earners and high earners within companies (I’ll get to that in a future post). They’ve built a sweet interactive tool, as well as a solid write-up about corporate tax rates. Some key insights: The corporate tax rate…

Links: August 14

Publishing online has never been easier (hell, I’m doing it). From finding a platform to building a site and ensuring it’s optimized for search, it’s all much simpler for non-technical folks to build on the Web than it used to be. Sure, there will be more technical advances in the future, but as Robert Bruce…