Welcome to A Pacific Island Nation with 125 million people—and almost no gun deaths
Last week, in Nakano City, Japan, an evacuation center was opened in the gymnasium of a middle school, and local officials provided shelter, blankets, food, ...
Category: Death in Politics
Stolen Skull Repatriations – Inside A Modern Museum Controversy
Stolen human remains and the ceremony of death are at the heart of a modern museum controversy. As people go about and enjoy the holidays ...
Controversy of A President’s Death, and Health, From Biden to Trump, King Tut to JFK
The elephant in the room of US politics right now appears to be just how old is too old to be president of the United ...
How to Bury the Dead When They Are All Around You? A Funerary Snapshot of Ukraine
The question is, how to bury the dead when they are all around you?
Dying To Vote – As Election Day Nears, Some Older Americans Go To Extremes
The great COVID-19 election is at last upon us and given the hardships and limitations presented by the virus many Americans have to take extra ...
Elephants Love Their Dead – Is That Why We Love Them?
Do elephants have the power to vote?
Why Do We Vote for Coroners? (And Why Call Them Coroners..?)
Yes, there was an election the other day—though of course you already knew that. Because we live in a time when even races for county ...
The Media Is Obsessed with Florida’s Nursing Home Deaths—The Real Problem Is We’ve Abandoned the Elderly
The news was devastating, and it came in dribs and drabs. First, there were three dead. Then five. Then seven. The tally now rests at ...
Death on the Campaign Trail – From Trump and Clinton to RFK and Horace Greeley
Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton. It is difficult to remember a presidential battle between candidates who are more disliked than the present two major party nominees. ...
Beware! Beware the Ides of March
Well, it's that day again: March 15. Also known as the Ides of March, we're supposed to beware. Why? What's so ominous about March 15? ...
Donald Trump Burned in Effigy in Mexico
The Carnaval parade in Chapala, Mexico is a grand colorful affair, and this year a new character livened up the festivities: Donald Trump.
Christmas and Death in North Korea
This year, Christmas again arrives in the middle of a religious storm. Islam has been pitted against Christianity, with flashpoints in Africa, Syria, and other ...
The Transgender Funeral Struggle – A Report From the Frontier of Sexual Identity and Death
A woman had died, and Reverend Ginny Wheeler faced a dilemma. Wheeler, of the Community United Methodist Church, in Huntington Beach, California was conducting the ...
Lee Harvey Oswald casket must go back to family.
A judge in Tarrant County, Texas, has ruled that the original Lee Harvey Oswald casket must be returned to the Oswald family.
Commemorating the historic Winston Churchill funeral.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. He was laid to rest on January 30th, 1965. Until the funeral ...
