George Zimmerman CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Call it the Sandusky effect. The child sex abuse scandal at Penn State University has set a ripple effect in motion, experts say.  Nationwide, victims are stepping out and naming their alleged abusers, two or five or 20 years later.  READ MORE :

In my years of reading tax cases, an erroneous impression I formed was that asking for innocent spouse status was simply not manly.  When I actually took the trouble to scan a year’s worth of cases, I concluded it is not that uncommon for men to claim innocent spouse status. (Although a married couple usually has a lower total tax liability with a joint return, there is a significant downside – joint and several liability.  The IRS can collect the whole tax from either of them.  Taxpayers can reque...

In the comments section of an article in an SI online blog post by Joe Posnanski, Columbia Univ. Adjunct Professor Scott Semer assails Joe Paterno for not taking greater actions in the Jerry Sandusky case (Link is to the actual Grand Jury Report. It is not for the squeamish.)