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Americans spend six billion hours and $10 billion every year preparing and filing their taxes.

Many countries have a simple, fair tax system. Could the US be next?

September 27, 2017Books

The US tax code is notoriously dysfunctional. Meanwhile, countries from New Zealand to Estonia have devised equitable, effective tax structures.

Dutch and U.S. flags decorate the graves at the American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten.

Generations of Dutch citizens still trek to the graves of US World War II soldiers

May 25, 2015Conflict

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