Ignorance is strength. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. George Orwell, publishing his novel “1984” in 1948, foretold the future because he was living it. He had witnessed Stalin’s Russia and Hitler’s Germany. In Stalin’s time, hundreds of thousands of dedicated loyalists gave their hearts, minds and toil to the state. These patriots then discovered […]
Is It Safe to Fly? Suicide as Murder
Many clinicians regard suicide as murder – self-murder. Killing affects far more than those left dead. Many a suicide ends a life of intolerable anguish and pain. Some also send a furious message of failure and betrayal to friends, family, community and society. Today, suicide increasingly inflicts mass murder. We mourn the dead of the […]