I doubt that He would probe her deeply about her 1989 conviction on federal income tax evasion or even on her haughty disposition when it came to employees and others less fortunate than she.

But I do think the Almighty would have some important questions on why Mrs. Helmsley wrote indigent people out of her $5 billion to $8 billion will in favor of directing that all the money go to the care and welfare of dogs.  

No doubt Mrs. Helmsley loved canines and no doubt dogs deserve our respect for their companionship and loyalty.  But I seriously doubt that God has the kind of sense of humor that would appreciate Mrs. Helmsley's total disregard for the good her funds -- which she earned by the grace of God -- could do for two-legged humanity.

Perhaps, in our capitalistic system, we have no right to tell the über rich how they should allocate their estates.  Perhaps.  But I doubt that heaven shares our free-enterprise sensibilities.

No, my suspicion is that all her money did not buy Mrs. Helmsley a first-class ticket to eternal bliss.  Quite the contrary, if there is justice in the afterlife, she will be spending eternity picking up after the canines she was so devoted to in her mortal life.