We’re away until January 3, but we’re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!  Like most of us, Mark Twain hated writing checks to other people. But there were times when he happily paid out large sums. Issuing a check…

  Like most of us, Mark Twain hated writing checks to other people. But there were times when he happily paid out large sums. Issuing a check for $200,000 drawn on the United States Bank of New York on February 27, 1886, for example, made him almo…