Nicholas Hughes as Genetic Suicide
Do we kill ourselves because of an involuntary dedication to the cause found in our DNA? If you look at the sad and sorry life of Nicholas Hughes, you begin to ponder the undeniable mandate of predestiny.
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Suicide Television
Craig Ewert committed suicide yesterday. His death was televised.
The Hunt for Human Understanding
Abraham Biggs is dead. He streamed live video of his suicide on the internet via Justin.tv. He was 19.
Divining Value in the Death of David Foster Wallace
What is the value of a life? Moreover, who can be held accountable for determining the value of a life and who can judge when a life should come to a close? Can it be that a person can properly make the choice to end their own life?
Continue reading → Divining Value in the Death of David Foster Wallace
The Suicide Heart and Craving Chicken
Are we only our DNA? Or is there more to us than just blood and guts? Can the essence of us live beyond our lives and into the horizon of others?
Two recent stories about The Suicide Heart and a Craving for Fried Chicken lead us into the realm of the uncanny.
Last Call for Suicide on the Tappan Zee
In a remarkable move confirming the Tappan Zee bridge in New York is a perfect suicide machine — over the last decade more than 25 people have leapt 138 feet in the air to find death in the Hudson River below — the New York State Thruway Authority installed “suicide prevention phones” on each side of the bridge.
The Sad Lesson of Jon-Erik Hexum
The worst sort of dying is an unintentional death delivered in a dumb act. Meet the sad lesson of Jon-Erik Hexum.
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