by Monty Self | Jun 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Deaths in the United States related to alcohol, drugs and suicide hit an all-time high in 2021. According to a May 24 report from the Trust for America’s Health’s, the death rate climbed to 209,225, marking an 11% increase from 2020. The breakdown of the study...
by Peggy Haymes | Apr 24, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
As you get in line for the amusement park ride, there’s a sign. It may be a cutout yardstick, but just as often, it’s a child or animal (depending on the park) holding out a hand: “You must be this tall to ride this ride.” I’ve felt that way through the years as I’ve...
by Ron Rolheiser | Mar 28, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote an article about a lifelong friend who died by suicide. In describing his friend and his descent into a suicidal illness, Brooks sheds some needed light on how we still have a long way to go in our understanding...
by Jack Moline | Feb 21, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
In the last episode of the Israeli television series “Shtisel,” the father quotes Isaac Bashevis Singer, a secular Yiddish writer. It is a bit of a stretch for even a fictional ultra-orthodox rabbi from a notably insular community to be quoting the famously secular...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 4, 2023 | Opinion
We put a good man in the ground last week, or at least, the shell he last inhabited. It wasn’t what it used to be, before his 94 years took their toll. He wasn’t the only good man I knew, but the only one I called Daddy, even when he no longer knew what to call me, or...
