I’ve been thinking about death and dying a lot lately. Maybe that’s because I watched all of the Queen’s funeral or maybe it’s because I read about the actor Alan Rickman’s newly published diaries, Madly Deeply in The Guardian yesterday. It wasn’t the diaries that caught my breath (although those
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Last Two Weeks. Where To Begin?
I was up at our cottage with my husband on the morning of August 16th when the phone rang. It was my sister. “Mom died!” She was crying and then I was too. I thought it was a mistake. Or a joke. My mother is (was) 96, but she wasn’t
Continue readingWise Law Blog: The Executor’s Roadmap – Part 1: Death and the Funeral
BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER This series of articles will cover the many stages that an executor (now also known as an “Estate Trustee”) must pass through in managing the affairs of a deceased- from the immediate aftermath of death, to the final distribution of the Estate. Even if
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Fatal Weakness of the United States Constitution Bill of Rights
Americans love their Constitution and beloved Bill of Rights. However it has one fatal weakness in that it’s provisions are unrestricted without the requirement that such rights as freedom of assembly and speech and the right to bear arms be exercised responsibly. This leads to the inability to restrict hate
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Fatal Weakness of the United States Constitution Bill of Rights
Americans love their Constitution and beloved Bill of Rights. However it has one fatal weakness in that it’s provisions are unrestricted without the requirement that such rights as freedom of assembly and speech and the right to bear arms be exercised …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Fatal Weakness of the United States Constitution Bill of Rights
Americans love their Constitution and beloved Bill of Rights. However it has one fatal weakness in that it’s provisions are unrestricted without the requirement that such rights as freedom of assembly and speech and the right to bear arms be exercised responsibly. This leads to the inability to restrict hate
Continue readingTrashy's World: I know I’m not big on the current trend to glorify the military…
… but this is downright insulting! A final slap in the face! A vet has to be under the income threshold of 12K per annum to qualify for financial assistance to offset costs of their final interment? $12,000??? Really? Meanwhile, Harper’s government spends $28 million to glorify the War of
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