Help My Unbelief
by Dale M. CoulterThe final word for the family of the suicide victim is hope. Continue Reading »
Playing Church
by Paul V. MankowskiRobert Fuller's festive send-off and theatrical suicide point to the hypocrisy of “playing church.” Continue Reading »
Mass Shootings and Émile Durkheim
by John WatersThe pattern of mass shootings may be a symptom of a suicidal culture. Continue Reading »
Mortal Frames
by J. Todd BillingsA Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Life by ephraim radner baylor, 304 pages, $49.95 A Time to Keep is an odyssey—a journey through childhood and adolescence, work and sexuality, aging and dying. The reader encounters Sigmund Freud on dying and death, . . . . Continue Reading »
Cyber Self-Harm
by Aaron KheriatyThe widespread practice of digital self-harm reveals sad truths about our culture of victimhood. Continue Reading »
How the Media Promote (Some) Suicides
by Wesley J. SmithThanks to the media’s promotion campaign, suicide has become a siren song attracting the ill, aged, and despairing. Continue Reading »
Dying of Despair
by Aaron KheriatyOn November 4, 2014, sixteen-year-old Cameron Lee, a popular, athletic, straight-A student at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, leapt in front of a commuter train. His suicide note provided no clear reason for his act; there were no apparent signs of mental illness, and he was . . . . Continue Reading »
Killer Show
by Aaron KheriatyThe typical suicidal person is not a tragic figure fated for self-destruction, but a vulnerable individual suffering treatable mental health problems. 13 Reasons Why portrays suicide inaccurately and irresponsibly. Continue Reading »
The Excess of Stephen H. Webb
by Samuel D. RochaIn the fall of 2010, Stephen Webb challenged me to a footrace at Wabash College. I accepted. We lined up on a sidewalk crack. Before the signal came, Webb bolted off. As I ran to pass him, he pushed me into the road. He tried to grab my shirt to stop me from passing him again. He laughed with . . . . Continue Reading »
Saving Willy Loman
by James R. RogersThe focus on the increase in death rates for white Americans between ages 45-54 in the media obscures equally troubling results in Anne Case and Angus Deaton’s recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife . . . . Continue Reading »
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