Tragic or self-empowering? Every couple of years, some well-intentioned scribbler pens a
hand-wringer about the national tragedy of suicide among the
elderly. "Suicide
rate for elderly men is alarming," noted Dennis Streets in the
Chatham Journal last month. "Suicide
rates are high among the elderly," cautioned Paula Span in a
2013 New York ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: Check Out On Your Own Terms
Tragic or self-empowering? Every couple of years, some well-intentioned scribbler pens a
hand-wringer about the national tragedy of suicide among the
elderly. "Suicide
rate for elderly men is alarming," noted Dennis Streets in the
Chatham Journal last month. "Suicide
rates are high among the elderly," cautioned Paula Span in a
2013 New York ... MORE