Tag: Suicide

Here’s a tiny question. Is the age of democracy drawing to a close? Now, before you accuse me of exaggerating, or baiting you, let me assure you — it’s a question I mean to ask, and I think we should all be asking. We tend to think of democracy as something like a grand, permane...

Here’s a tiny question. Is the age of democracy drawing to a close? Now, before you accuse me of exaggerating, or baiting you, let me assure you — it’s a question I mean to ask, and I think we should all be asking. We tend to think of democracy as something like a grand, permane...

Here’s a tiny question. Is the age of democracy drawing to a close? Now, before you accuse me of exaggerating, or baiting you, let me assure you — it’s a question I mean to ask, and I think we should all be asking. We tend to think of democracy as something like a grand, permane...

The climate debate is riddled with people who, in one way or another, blame capitalism for climate change and therefore argue we must change capitalism or else we are doomed to climate catastrophe. I know because I made this argument myself at one time. It seems pretty clear that without a capi...

Here’s a tiny question. Is the age of democracy drawing to a close? Now, before you accuse me of exaggerating, or baiting you, let me assure you — it’s a question I mean to ask, and I think we should all be asking. We tend to think of democracy as something like a grand, permane...

Pasadena is a quaint city in Los Angeles, chock-full of adorable turn-of-the last century Craftsman homes. Nestled in the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena is home to the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl, and one famous little old lady. Spanish explorers to the area in the 18th century called the Tongva i...

When we were given this life, the power to see, listen, speak, and understand, we were also expected to learn. The joys and the sufferings that the stages of life bring along have to go hand in hand for the life to go on. When a person attempts suicide, it complicates everything. As a result, Hin...

We’ve seen it moving in this direction all along. More and more actions of the government that protect ordinary people and Nature are unconstitutional. That’s not the United States Constitution ratified in 1789. That’s the Charles Koch Constitution, which supplants it in 2023. Y...

The anniversary of 9/11 is a day I spend in part remembering with the rest of the country where I was and how I reacted when I heard the news, and how for the 10 years before, that day already meant something else horrible to me. On the anniversaries of traumatic experiences, some survivors exper...

I’ve learned suicides make a statement to those who remain: “This person found being among you unbearable and lost hope that would never change. Now there’s peace.” Most don’t want to understand that message. They refuse to listen or shame the person’s memory or c...

When addressing this note, who is it to be directed to? Do you single out a sole individual, a group of people, family, friends, or someone you’ve never met? I have heard of all these options being used, but how do you decide? Without knowing how much of an impact this letter will make, are yo...