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LAST KID PICKED

December 28, 2004

One common self esteem-crushing childhood experience is being the last one standing when teams are picked at recess. Bruce Bartlett brings back that old feeling:

   In the tax area, the most prolific blogger is tax 
   professor Paul Caron of the University of Cincinnati.  
   I find him useful because he really keeps on top of the 
   scholarly research among other tax professors.  In 
   most cases, this research is available on the Internet 
   in the form of working papers that may be available 
   months or even years before they appear in 
   inaccessible law reviews.  This is extremely valuable 
   to me in terms of keeping ahead of the curve on tax 
   research.

   Other tax professor bloggers are James Maule of 
   Villanova University and Daniel Shaviro of New York 
   University.  They tend to talk more about current tax
   policy issues from an academic point of view. What I 
   like about both of them is that they are highly 
   opinionated.  Neither pulls any punches in saying what
   they think is stupid about recent or proposed tax 
   legislation.  I don’t always agree with them, but they 
   always make me think.

   Another tax perspective comes from Kerry Kerstetter, 
   a certified public accountant.  His commentary is less 
   academic and more practical.  He offers advice on 
   real world tax problems, especially those faced by 
   small businessmen.  And he seems to find every 
   cartoon dealing with taxes that appears anywhere.

Now, who does that leave out? Sigh.

Hey, guys, pick me! I can hit! I'm small, but I'm slow! Don't pick those new kids!

Thanks to the Instapundit for the pointer. Thanks a lot.

That's ok. I really didn't want to play your dumb game.

*sulk*

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