Malaysia Flight 17: The Unique Way the Dutch Mourn
With their innate distrust of ideology, the Dutch are strikingly different from Americans in their gut reactions. A cultural conundrum that I struggled to comprehend during my six...
Death Discussions
Before It’s “Too Late”: Seniors Share Fears Before Death
“I am not my Alzheimer’s.” (credit: elephantjournal.com) Article By MaryFrances Knapp, SevenPonds Steve Rosenfield is the brains behind the “What I Be” project, which is known for highlighting...
When Embalming is Beautiful
Article By Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director Death sits in paradox. In it we find impossible co-mixtures of intrinsic opposites. Perhaps, this is why death is...
Ten Solid Reasons to Date a Funeral Director
This post was originally published on CalebWilde.com and was a guest post by Lelial Thibodeau 10. A funeral director knows how to stretch a dollar so far beyond capacity that extreme...
Should Your Loved Ones Have Access to Your Facebook When You Die?
Originally published on NBCwashington.com When you die, should your loved ones have access to your Facebook, Yahoo and other online accounts? A group of influential lawyers says yes,...
Nearly 80 Percent of U.S. Deaths in First 30 Years of Life Are Due to Unintentional Injury or Violence
A new report on unintentional injury and violence in the United States, published in The Lancet as part of a new Series, The health of Americans, has found that prevention...
Smelling Death: On the Job With New York’s Crime-Scene Cleaners
Article originally published on: TheAtlantic.com SI and Law & Order would have you believe that a crime scene empties out after the glitzy detectives are done with it. In reality, somebody...