Tag: suicide

Additional Bourdain Thoughts

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 8, 2018

I wanted to add to Paul’s thoughts on Anthony Bourdain. The outpouring of grief is something we probably haven’t seen since the 2016 musical apocalypse when Bowie, Prince, Cohen, and Merle all died. It isn’t just because he was famous. It’s that for a lot of people, Bourdain represented the best of what Americans can […]

Flashback Friday: Chester Bennington, RIP

By Christa Blackmon

On July 21, 2017

Not long ago I did a Flashback Friday post for Chris Cornell who committed suicide at the too young age of 52. This week Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park who had also sung at Cornel

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Rising Suicide Rates

By Erik Loomis

On May 5, 2016

Not only is the United States’s suicide rate rising, but other wealthy nations as well. From 1999 to 2014, the suicide rate rose by 24%. The numbers are adjusted to take account of ageing. Men s

Unironic Praise for a Scrappy White Guy

By Robert Farley

In Robert Farley

On December 27, 2012

Ryan Freel, utilityman for the Reds, committed suicide last Saturday. From 2003-2006, his prime seasons, Freel hit .274 with a .368 OBP–he walked in almost 11 percent of his plate appearances, and he was hit by 33 pitches. Over that span, he averaged 46 steals and 90 runs scored per 162 games. Of course, he never […]

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The football suicides

By Paul Campos

On May 2, 2012

Earlier today Junior Seau became at least the sixth seventh former NFL player to commit suicide since 2005, joining Terry Long, Shane Dronett, Dave Duerson, Andre Waters, Kenny McKinley, and Ray Easte

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David Foster Wallace

By Paul Campos

On November 12, 2008

A book I’ve always meant to read but have never gotten around to is A. Alvarez’s study of suicide, The Savage God. Given its prevalence (about twice as common as homicide in the US) itR

A Long Way Down

By Paul Campos

In Uncategorized

On August 13, 2008

I recently saw Eric Steel’s 2006 documentary film The Bridge, about people who commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Steel got permission from local authorities to set up cameras on public land that would allow him to film the bridge for an entire year during almost all daylight hours. What he didn’t […]