Memorials for the dead hit the social networking site, solving awkward problems but creating a few new ones
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Oct 27, 2009
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My partner says he's just not attracted to me "right now"
By Cary Tennis
November 8, 2009
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He dated celebrities. He cheated death. But it seems the one thing the musician couldn't conquer was his addiction
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
August 29, 2009
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Republicans like Sen. Grassley used to know the difference between end-of-life counseling and euthanasia
By Gabriel Winant
August 14, 2009
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We could save billions in healthcare if we could accept death and say goodbye outside the hospital
By Anne Moore
August 4, 2009
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I fear there's nothing worse than struggling against the inevitable
By Cary Tennis
July 22, 2009
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You are left disinherited, unarmed, semi-literate, an exile. There is one less person to remember your childhood with.
By Garrison Keillor
March 4, 2009
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You only die once. Why not take tips from great philosophers on how to do it well?
By Laura Miller
February 16, 2009
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My sister and my best friend seem to think I'm living in a fantasy world.
By Cary Tennis
January 16, 2009
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I've tried to do the pragmatic things, but I can't connect, I don't belong.
By Cary Tennis
January 15, 2009
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Two gripping memoirs explore the guilt and confusion left behind when a relative kills himself.
By Laura Miller
October 7, 2008
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I'm having a rough time; I'd like some justice and some peace.
By Cary Tennis
October 2, 2008
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A day in which you've witnessed death takes on an aura of fragile loveliness.
By Garrison Keillor
October 1, 2008
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So many things go unasked; so much suffering occurs in silence.
By Cary Tennis
September 12, 2008
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He thought he'd be returning home to die. But she just strung him along until he was gone.
By Cary Tennis
August 22, 2008
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Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures?
By Cary Tennis
August 19, 2008
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In his many dark, satirical, heretical books, the pioneering science fiction author contemplated death with elegant despair.
By Elizabeth Hand
July 11, 2008
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My parents are too old and my siblings are too mired in difficulties. But I'm hesitant to bring up the idea with friends.
By Cary Tennis
May 16, 2008
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I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
By Ann Hood
May 10, 2008
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Eight Belles was the first sports figure who ever caught my 2-year-old daughter's eye.
By King Kaufman
May 5, 2008
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I could have gone, I should have gone, but I thought about the money and my other plans!
By Cary Tennis
April 25, 2008
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April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
By Gary Kamiya
April 22, 2008
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After a lifetime of competing with his father, writer David Shields has had enough. But the aged patriarch remains "cussedly, maddeningly alive."
By Louis Bayard
March 4, 2008
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Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent?
By Garrison Keillor
February 20, 2008
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The idea of women driving cars is so 21st century. Why not take a step back and sentence them to death for witchcraft?
By Catherine Price
February 15, 2008
Facebook friends to the end
Cancer is killing my sex life
The short, strange life of DJ AM
Republicans voted for "death panels" before they were against them
Harry and Louise must die
When your brother dies
Let death change your life
A suicide in the family
Remembering Thomas M. Disch
Little girl lost, little girl found
Where's the girl horse?
Life, death and spring
Die, Daddy, die!
Saudi Arabia goes old school
Glenn Greenwald
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