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Mary Pilon

Surviving the Long Haul

Life for women in the trucking industry.

Mary Pilon Mary Review Jul 2016 25min Permalink

Crime Sports

Tomato Can Blues

Charlie Rowan was a small-time cage fighter who couldn’t catch a break. He owed money to impatient people and needed to start over. Late one night, he came up with a plan.

Mary Pilon New York Times Sep 2013 20min Permalink

Too Rich to Live?

On January 1st, 2011, the U.S. estate tax will jump from zero to around 50%, which gives a lot of very rich elders (or perhaps more accurately, their heirs) millions of dollars in incentive to expedite death.

Laura Saunders, Mary Pilon The Wall Street Journal Jul 2010 Permalink