“Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regret for the good old days, or sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which …
To The Observer “Spit-soaked feathers lay all over the breakfast table as I and many others of my age group were accused by Phillip Inman of being in pursuit of “the holy grail of wealth”. In addition, we are held responsible for “wanting to keep saving even as [we] move into [our] 80s and 90s”. …
“At a Border Patrol processing center in McAllen, TX, I witnessed something that is now seared into my mind: A large warehouse facility with cells constructed of fence posts and chain link fencing—like dog kennels or large cages. “But the style of construction isn’t the issue. What is the issue is that in that facility …
According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the overall suicide rate has increased by 25% in the US and by more than half in some states. It means that around 16 out of every 100,000 Americans will take their own life. Nearly 45,000 Americans of all ages, genders, races and and ethnic groups …
US special forces are deployed in 148 countries, twice as many as have US ambassadors (70; Trumphas yet to fill the rest of the 188 ambassadorships. (The Conversation, 26 March 2018)
