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  • Is Suicide Contagious?

    Is Suicide Contagious?0

    In 1983, The New York Times ran a story titled “MICRONESIA’S MALE SUICIDE RATE DEFIES SOLUTION.” The story opened with this nut graph: In the islands of Micronesia, young men are killing themselves at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers say, and no one knows what to do about it. Suicides among

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  • Guns Haven’t Changed in America. People Have.

    Guns Haven’t Changed in America. People Have.0

    Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the

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  • Why California’s Drinking Water Tax Could Be the Last Straw for Californians

    Why California’s Drinking Water Tax Could Be the Last Straw for Californians0

    California governor Jerry Brown wants to impose the state’s first-ever tax on drinking water, tacked onto monthly bills, and accompanied by “fees” on fertilizer and dairy farmers. For embattled Californians, this new tax will come as no surprise.  Forty years ago in 1978, property taxes were on the rise and the People’s Initiative to Limit

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  • Suicide in America Is Surging. What’s Driving This Mentality of Despair?

    Suicide in America Is Surging. What’s Driving This Mentality of Despair?0

    With the sudden passing of designer Kate Spade and TV personality Anthony Bourdain—both of whom authorities believe took their own life—it’s easy to wonder if an epidemic of suicide is upon us. As it turns out, such ponderings are not far-fetched, a fact which the well-timed release of a CDC report on suicide explains. According

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  • 11 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Death by Gun Violence

    11 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Death by Gun Violence0

    Do you want to reduce your risk of death by gun violence? If so, consider these 10 common sense ways to do so. These are things one can implement fully and immediately with no permission or agreement from anyone else but are entirely in the control of any individual. Marching to persuade politicians is a

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  • 5 (More) Signs Social Security Is Going Insolvent

    5 (More) Signs Social Security Is Going Insolvent0

    The Social Security Administration released its annual trustees report this week, and the prognosis is not good. Trust fund depletion—the date when Social Security’s reserves will be exhausted and the program will only be able to spend what it receives in payroll taxes at that time—is approaching at a rapid pace. This year, Social Security will dip into

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