This week in closing loopholes: Marketplace Fairness Act.

What a novel idea: A slight pinprick of personal inconvenience, but better for us all?

Why I Love the National Internet Sales Tax Plan; You might end up paying more, but it’ll be good for America, by Farhad Manjoo (Slate)

... Instead of imposing a new tax, this bill addresses a tax-evasion scheme. If you want to argue that states should abolish or lower sales taxes on all businesses, both offline and online, that’s fine. But none of the critics are pushing for cutting sales taxes for everyone—in fact, conservatives generally see sales taxes as preferable to income taxes. Instead, by opposing this bill, they’re merely arguing for an unequal policy—that some businesses should collect sales taxes and other should not.