Edward Zelinsky looks at the Obama Administration’s plan to send an additional $250 to social security recipients.

Edward Zelinsky applauds the IRS.

Edward Zelinsky looks at death panels.

Edward Zelinsky looks at disorderly conduct.

Edward Zelinsky explains why he supports the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.

Edward Zelinsky looks at the torture debate.

Edward Zelinsky argues that Swine Flu is just another reason workers should not be penalized for working from home.

Edward Zelinsky looks closely at Obama’s budget.

Zelinsky responds to President Obama’s recent endorsement of the Employee Free Choice Act which would eliminate the legal requirement of a secret ballot vote before workers unionize. Zelinsky argues that Democrats and Republicans alike should simultaneously affirm Americans’ right as shareholders to vote on matters of corporate policy including managerial compensation and Americans’ right as workers to vote whether to belong to a union. At the most basic level, the secret ballot is the American way.

In this article, Zelinsky calls for the President and Congress to repeal the grandfather exemption from the federal generation skipping tax (GST) for irrevocable trusts established on or before September 25, 1985. This exemption, he argues, unfairly immunizes from federal taxation transfers at death of “old” wealth while economically equivalent transfers of new wealth are taxed.