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...been singled out recently as having some of the best reader feedback of any blog on the web. But only a fraction of your posts have had to do with movies - many dealing with larger issues of metaphysics, philosophy, politics and the media industry. Given all the film writing you do on a weekly basis, how do you make the time to write on all these other topics...
...Computer World said, "about the best comments you will find on the web." That speaks highly for my readers. The blog is a great gift. I use it to write about anything, often topics of great personal meaning to me. A typical entry will run 2,000 to 5,000 words, and I vet all the comments so we aren't plagued with the half-witted immaturity of so many blogs. I also respond top a lot of them. A discussion of Evolution vs. Creationism has so far topped 3,000 literate, thoughtful comments across three entries. Darwin...
...write that Bernie Madoff asked you to invest with him, and you turned him down. How did you know it wasn't a good deal? Well, I didn't know too much about Bernie Madoff, other than so many people in Palm Beach were investing with him. But I just believe in investing my own money. I don't like paying fees to people to invest my money. I can invest my own money...
...hopes of regaining control of how their money is being invested, many families have been asking about the possibility of cashing in their 529 accounts altogether and writing off the loss on their taxes, says Joe Hurley, who runs savingforcollege.com, a website that provides information and advice about 529 plans and allows investors to compare different state plans. The good news is that for some people, closing an account can result in a significant tax write-off. But as with most things tax-related, the rules are complicated. Here's what to consider before you bail...
...Your chances of getting a tax break. The bad news is that in many cases, investors can't write off as much as they might think. Among the restrictions: you must completely liquidate your account in order to claim a loss. You have to claim it as a miscellaneous deduction, which means you can only deduct losses that exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income (AGI); other miscellaneous deductions can include IRA losses and fees paid to a financial adviser. So if your AGI is $100,000, for example, and your 529 lost...