inheritance

A Letter of Apology to My Grandson

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Apr 23, 2015 When I stumbled into the future in all its grim horror, I felt an urge that seemed uncomplicated: not to hand your mother and uncle a degraded country, planet, new century without lifting a finger in opposition, without at least trying. I felt the need to mobilize myself in a new way for the future I’d seen. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

‘Happy Birthday to You’ Copyright ‘Owners’ Finally Being Sued for Millions

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 The birthday song has been in the public domain for decades, but somehow Warner/Chappell Music has gotten away with collecting hundreds of millions in royalties every time it was performed; the richest Americans are mostly inheriting their wealth; meanwhile, although science will make it possible to cryogenically freeze ourselves "until a future age," one writer questions whether that's something we'd actually want. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Child Abuse

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Apr 2, 2013 Dig deeper

‘A Good Year to Die’

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jul 15, 2010 George Steinbrenner's well-timed death -- though I suspect he may not have seen it that way -- points up the insanity of the current estate tax situation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warren I. Cohen on Obama’s Foreign Policy Challenges

BLANK Jul 17, 2009 The daunting problems Bush’s successor has inherited may prove all but insurmountable as he makes his way through a thicket of difficulties -- the nuclear ambitions of authoritarian regimes, the quagmire of Mesopotamia and the persistent bloodletting in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to name only the most prominent. A recent book by David E. Sanger, a longtime foreign affairs correspondent for The New York Times, offers a close-up look at the world Obama confronts. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sprinkling the Poor, Showering the Rich

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 House Republicans tacked a cut in estate taxes onto a bill to raise the minimum wage. Yeah, you read that correctly: The economically distressed would get an additional $2.10 an hour, whereas the Walton kids and the Hilton sisters would get untold millions. Must be that compassionate conservatism we've heard so much about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )