This is a story about the nadir, the end of days. Monday, March 24, 2008, marked five years to the month after the British army arrived in Iraq, preaching to the Americans their apparent expertise in counterinsurgency operations and understanding of the manifold ways of, in the historical British upper-class […]
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I Adopted A Dog To Feel Less Alone During COVID-19. He Ended Up Changing My Life.
My friends warned me against it: a dog will take over your life. But in the midst of a pandemic, that’s exactly what I wanted. After months of social isolation, I felt cut off from the norms of basic human connection. Socially distant walks with friends were a short respite from […]
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Depression almost ended the life of ex-NFL QB Erik Kramer. A sham marriage and alleged theft threatened to break him again.
(Paul Rosales/Yahoo Sports) Erik Kramer sat on the edge of a Southern California motel room bed, pressed a pistol under his jaw and pulled the trigger. “I thought that would be the end,” Kramer said. “That was the day I tried to execute myself.” It didn’t work. Instead, the former […]