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The South Carolina Subversive Activities Act – A Trip Down Memory Lane

In a state that refuses to impeach its governor because his replacement would be even worse, it didn’t surprise me to find a law that prohibits subversive activities. Takes you back to the 60’s, doesn’t it?

Whither the Estate Tax?

Rumor has it that Congress will pass a temporary one-year extension of the estate tax before the end of the year. This would continue the estate tax at a 45% maximum rate and a $3.5 million exemption. Otherwise, the tax will be ‘repealed’ in 2010 and then, in 2011, revert to a maximum 55% rate and $1 million exemption.

Preparing for Life’s Final Hours

Melinda Beck, writing in the Wall Street Journal, has a good summary of ‘advanced directives’ – those documents that give direction to family and medical professionals who “may have to decide whether you would want to be kept alive artificially, what level of disability you’d be willing to live with and how to let you die if you had no hope of recovery.”

Will Health Care Reform Require That Older Americans Decide How to Die?

This is a question President Obama was asked in an AARP town hall meeting last week. A Congressional website refutes claims that health care reform will start “us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia”. What’s the truth? This article will help you sort through the facts to find it.