Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Miscellaneous
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Congratulations, Adam Steinman!
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Adam Steinman — the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees today approved his promotion to full professor with tenure, effective September 1, 2009. Adam is an amazingly productive and thoughtful scholar in the civil procedure and federal courts area, award-winning teacher, and wonderful institutional citizen. I was on the appointments committee the
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Goodbye, Class of 2009
The University of Cincinnati College of Law sent off the Class of 2009 into the world today at our graduation ceremony. They are our 176th graduating class, making us the fourth-oldest conitnuously operating law school in the country. It is always a reflective day for the faculty, as we watch with pride as each of
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I Dreamed a Dream
By now, most of you have probably seen the incredibly powerful rendition by Susan Boyle, an unemployed 47 year old Scottish woman, of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables on the Britain's Got Talent television show last Saturday: There was a time when men were kindWhen their voices were softAnd their words invitingThere was a time when
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A 16-Year Old’s Reflections on Snow Days
Cincinnati recently shut down for three days because of a few inches of snow. My 16-year old daughter wrote this touching article for her school newspaper on how snow days are different as we grow older: I almost wish I didn't have these snow days off school. It was depressing sitting in my house all day,
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Welcome Aboard, Ken Hirsh
Kenneth J. Hirsh, formerly of the Duke Law Library, begins his tenure today as Director of the Law Library and Information Technology and Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. I have served on the Board of Directors of CALI with Ken for the past four years and am thrilled that we were
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Fingerprints of God
A timeless reminder for those of you with children, and indeed for all of us as children: Fingerprints of God, by Stephen Curtis Chapman (Hat Tip: Brian Spiess):
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The Tax Canon Redux
Among the permanent left sidebar resources on TaxProf Blog is Vic Fleischer's 2003 listing of the Tax Canon – ten articles (and a couple of books) that comprise "essential reading for those interested in developing a cultural literacy about tax policy." On Saturday, The Tax Lawyer’s Blog announced "the Online Tax Canon, a compendium of the top
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In Hoc Anno Domini
The Wall Street Journal has published this wonderful editorial each Christmas since 1949, In Hoc Anno Domini: When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage. There was one state, and it was Rome. There was one master for it all, and he was Tiberius Caesar.
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Legal Version
Check out the original and legal versions of the classic poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas [click on chart to enlarge]:
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
Form 1040 Toilet Paper ($3.49 per roll): Does it pain you to fill out a tax form each year? Does knowing that the IRS takes a large chunk of your salary give you the runs? This product isn't deductible, but it'll sure make you feel better. A collage of the 1040 IRS Form is printed
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
From the Treasury Department Historical Association: Eleven Christmas Tree Tax Ornaments, including my favorite: the 1993 ornament issued on the 80th Anniversary of 16th Amendment: THA's fifth annual ornament depicts the first Form 1040 as a commemorative of the 80th Anniversary of the authorization to collect tax on income. The ornament measures approximately 3-1/4 by
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
1969 magazine ad: Face the IRS with a Coke in Your Hand ($9.99):
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
For sale on eBay: an IRS action figure — Irwin R. Schyster (for $9.99): The action figure is modeled after WWF wrestler Mike Rotunda: In the WWF, Rotunda became Irwin R. Shyster (I.R.S.) and he is perhaps best known for this role, more than any other role he has played during his career. Irwin R
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
On eBay: Willie Nelson, Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes (current bid: $20.50)): As part of a settlement with the IRS, Willie Nelson recorded Who'll Buy My Memories (which is why the album is sometimes referred to as The IRS Tapes). The record was originally marketed exclusively on late-night television, its proceeds earmarked toward
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
On eBay (with a $1.99 starting bid): this bumper sticker:
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A Cincinnati Christmas Tragedy
As I have noted a couple of times on this blog, my familly and I are privileged to attend a wonderful church here in Cincinnati — Crossroads Community Church. For the past two years, the church has put on a free Christmas show, which is attended by over 25,000 people over its week-long run. At
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
Available on eBay: Mortimer Caplin IRS Commissioner Signed Autograph: This is an authentic hand signed item and is NOT a preprint. Buy It Now price: $9.99. From Wikipedia: First in his class at University of Virginia School of Law, and Editor-in-Chief of Virginia Law Review, Caplin served as a law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge
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Read a Tax Prof’s Blog, Help Feed the Hungry
An anonymous benefector has agreed to donate $1 to the Oregon Food Bank for every visitor to Lewis & ClarkTax Prof Jack Bogdanski's Jack Bog's Blog today. Jack's blog is the 11th most popular blog run by a law professopr, averaging 2,500 visitors per day — so here's hoping traffic at least doubles today (I've already done
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
Available on eBay: Britney Spears Original Belly Button and Fair Tax Combo: As Britney Spears is the most searched for term on the Internet, "hook it up" with The Fair Tax idea for the Fresh way to pay tax. A "Britney Belly Button" and "the Fair Tax" button are two beautiful things. Two buttons for $4.00
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Christmas Gifts for that Special Tax Person
Continuing a TaxProf Blog holiday tradition, I will offer some gift ideas for that special tax person in your life. Today's suggestion: For Counsel (Products and Gifts for Lawyers) sells an exact reproduction of the original 1913 Form 1040: Four pages long, including one page of instructions. Impressively framed in classic mahogany with beaded edge and
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Belated Thanksgiving
Thanks to Neil Buchanan (here, here, here, here), Vic Fleischer (here, here, here, here), and Ruth Mason (here, here) for filling in for me while I was away on a family mission trip with my wife and two kids at Back2Back Ministries in Monterrey, Mexico. We worked in two orphanages and two poor neighborhoods alongside sixteen wonderful people from St. Mark's
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Proudly Cincinnati
My wife and I attended the kick-off event for the University of Cincinnati's Proudly Cincinnati $1 billion capital campaign, where they unveiled this awesome video:
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Schadenfreude at the Hampton Inn
New York Times: Waiting for Schadenfreude, by Judith Warner: [I]n the whole winner-take-all-era ushered in by the boom years of the late 1990s … [t]he model for success narrowed. The goal posts marking success grew more out of reach. For all the people who did something with their lives other than doggedly, single-mindedly — and