Email Author Chris Parker

2012 Stories by Chris Parker

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  The Ten Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

  published October 11, 2012

  A year ago Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit, studied the tax returns of 280 corporations. What it found was a Beltway... More >>

• Dust Off Your Flannel

  published September 27, 2012

  We've almost weathered the '80s revival without anybody rear-ending the morons stalled at the intersection listening to Spandau Ballet, but it's... More >>

• Barbarians in the Ivory Tower

  published August 2, 2012

  Bobby Ruffin Jr. was only 14 when a recruiter from Ashford University called. The Birmingham, Michigan, boy thought he'd clicked on a link... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  They Were Kings for a Moment

  published March 1, 2012

  When you've turned nothing into something once already, you tend to feel you can do it again. There's faith your luck will turn. Perhaps it's... More >>