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The confrontational columnist: This summer, savor the small pleasures: Grilled salmon, blowing cigar smoke at strangers and starting bar fights.; By Garrison Keillor Jul 12, 2006
Ferguson's Wake: Craig Ferguson's opening monologue is a eulogy for his father.; H.H. Jan 31, 2006
The long goodbye: In her extraordinary memoir, Joan Didion grieves for her family and connects with her past -- and us.; By Andrew O'Hehir Oct 18, 2005
Why him? Why me?: OK, so maybe there's no real answer. Still, I'm haunted by the question.; By Cary Tennis Oct 5, 2005
Sometimes you're just glad they're dead: We're supposed to feel sad when someone dies. But what if what you really feel is relief -- or glee?; By Anneli Rufus Aug 25, 2005
The victim and the killer: Yasser Salihee was an Iraqi journalist. Joe was an American sniper. On June 24, 2005, fate brought them together on a Baghdad street.; By Phillip Robertson Jul 27, 2005
What she gave: It wasn't until the fourth year after her death that I truly understood the gifts my mother -- a mess like all of us -- had left me.; By Anne Lamott May 8, 2005
Compassionate conservative: John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs.; By Amy Sullivan Apr 2, 2005
A blessing and a curse: Upon the death of Yasser Arafat, a Palestinian journalist he jailed sums up the legendary leader's ambiguous legacy.; By Daoud Kuttab Nov 11, 2004
You can't take it with you: Table Talkers sound off on their debts -- and deaths.; Jul 9, 2004
Bitter medicine: A reaction to vaccinations, including anthrax, probably killed 22-year-old Rachael Lacy -- and her grieving father thinks the Army has a lot of questions to answer.; By Eric Boehlert Dec 10, 2003
Graceful exit for an excitable boy: Funny, smart and touching, Warren Zevon's "The Wind" -- his latest album and presumably his last -- is also one of his finest.; By Shannon Zimmerman Aug 26, 2003
The online way of death: Log on, click, buy a cremation -- hassle-free funerals are here, thanks to the Net.; By Eve Tahmincioglu Apr 28, 2003
Dead man decomposing: An excerpt from "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," by Mary Roach.; Apr 17, 2003
Death of a dreamer: In her green hometown, far from the squalid road in Gaza where she was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer, the young activist is remembered as an idealist who loved life.; By Anthony York Mar 21, 2003
Murder most foul: Medical researchers now believe that homicide, not medical complications, is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death.; By Mary Papenfuss Feb 27, 2003
O Noraht, Noraht: I wanted to love my mom because she did the best that she could do. But her best was terrible.; By Anne Lamott Jan 31, 2003
Lynda Barry: Eulogy; Jan 24, 2003
When your kids are in the line of fire: A parent in the path of a spree killer has little to offer beyond slim protection and lessons in real life.; By Beth Frerking Oct 10, 2002
Anniversaries: Like all the other blazoned dates of our lives, private and public, Sept. 11, too, will fade away.; By David Alford Sep 11, 2002
Imagining death: From Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" to Stephen King's "From a Buick 8" to Haruki Murakami's "After the Quake," post 9/11 fiction offers readers consolation, harsh truths and a glimpse of the great mystery.; By Laura Miller Sep 9, 2002
Embracing death: A recent study says that parents who hold their stillborn infants may be traumatized by the experience. Yes, the moments I spent with my dying newborn were the most painful of my life -- but they were also the richest.; By Susanna Stromberg Aug 28, 2002
The Madman and me: Ozzy and I crossed paths on the worst day of my life. Boy, am I grateful.; By Erich Pfeifer Jul 16, 2002
Found and lost: I thought I was one of the lucky 9/11 relatives: I had the remains of my husband. But then the medical examiner informed me I was grieving over only 40 percent of Eddie's body.; By A.R. Torres Jul 10, 2002
New last words for my mother: I meant what I said, but I wish I hadn't said it.; By Lu Vickers May 10, 2002

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