Why are girls between the ages of 10-14 killing themselves?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a stunning report that says that since 1999, suicide in the U.S. has increased by 24 percent. Particularly hard hit are girls between the ages of 10 and 14. Who thinks of girls that young having suicidal thoughts? But there’s at least a partial explanation, and I wrote …

Why are so many people killing themselves?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a suicide study late last week that has some disturbing stats. The italics are from the CDC. From 1999 through 2014, the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States increased 24 percent, from 10.5 to 13.0 per 100,000 population, with the pace of increase greater after 2006. …

So do the politics of a state affect that state’s gun deaths?

Back in December, after the horrible San Bernardino shootings, Crowdpac published the chart above. Given the response to their work, they did a deeper dive and found: And thanks, Cynical, for the link.

And then I turned off the mic

I am working on a series of stories about housing and homelessness in Connecticut, thanks to a generous grant from Melville Charitable Trust. I’ve done one story so far, on the high cost of renting in the state, and how that’s going to get even uglier as we Boomers march lock-step to the grave. The …

Seen in a doctor’s office recently

I am not shaking this nasty summer cold, but I’ve shown good faith effort. I even went to an urgent care facility, something I usually do only if there’s a bone breaking through the skin. While there, I saw this poster in the bathroom. I also saw scads of little postcards and note cards with …