More people now die in the United States by suicide than in automobile accidents There were 28 364 deaths by suicide in 2010 the most recent year for which data are available and according to the U S Centers for Disease Control the rate is rising particularly among middle-aged adults Jennife

Thomas Jefferson was the closest thing to a philosopher-king we have ever had in the United States Jon Meacham rsquo s eminently readable and balanced new biography aims to recover the ldquo mortal Jefferson rdquo both philosopher and politician who blended the two roles in a way that reveals s

From a political theory to an article of faith