Law, Money, & Elder Law: Fighting words

By Monte M. Korn

“When we speak of Ground Zero as hallowed ground, what we mean is that it belongs to those who suffered and died there—and that such ownership obliges us, the living, to preserve the dignity and memory of the place. . . It’s why, while no one objects to Japanese cultural centers, the idea of putting one up at Pearl Harbor would be offensive.”
—Charles Krauthammer in his Aug. 13 Washington Post column “Sacrilege at Ground Zero.”

“As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country.”
—President Obama defending the community center while speaking last Friday at a White House dinner celebrating Ramadan.

“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”
—Voltaire

Monte M. Korn is an attorney practicing law in West Bloomfield, has been a member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1942, and is a member of the Probate and Elder Law Sections of the State Bar.
Monte Korn is the talk show host of “Open Line with Monte Korn” on radio station WNZK am690 every morning at 11 a.m. He can be reached at (248) 933-4334.
The material in the above article is the research of Monte M. Korn. The Detroit, Oakland County, and Macomb County Legal Newspapers have no responsibility therein.