Tag Archives: Suicide

My Cousin Was Murdered

Posted on April 14, 2023 by The Twentieth Man

I never met him, but I knew his father. He was my First Cousin, Once Removed. He lived in the next county over and a different city altogether. We never met. He was murdered by an individual who believed in … Continue reading →

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Feminism is a Misnomer

Posted on June 6, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

Misnomers are false or misleading labels thoughtlessly slapped on things. The world is full of misnomers. When such a label fails to accurately describe the thing it purports to describe it is altogether misleading and does nothing but damage; often … Continue reading →

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Mr. Right

Posted on February 10, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

It is my unhappy duty to inform you that Mr. Right is no longer among the living. After years of fruitless struggle in poverty and unemployment, he took his own life. Mr. Right is dead. In future, please be so … Continue reading →

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True Stories: even when they are horrific

Posted on February 3, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

True stories are the best kinds of stories; even when they are horrific. When I was a child I overheard a conversation. As the saying goes: “Little Jugs have Big Ears.” A Neighbor who, I believe, lived in the tenements … Continue reading →

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Happy Pills: A PORTRAIT OF ANXIETY/DEPRESSION

Posted on January 23, 2021 by The Twentieth Man

A souvenir fired clay figurine replicating a statuette found at Nayarit, Mexico, the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit), situated on the Pacific coast north of Puerto Vallarta, west northwest of Mexico City; … Continue reading →

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An American Genocide

Posted on December 5, 2020 by The Twentieth Man

It is only rarely that one might pinpoint the first conception of an idea; or the time, place and authorship of first coinage of a new word. Genocide is one such exception. We know who first coined it and when. … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve, 1976

Posted on December 30, 2017 by The Twentieth Man

It was more than 40 years ago; New Year’s Eve, 1976 to be exact, that I pulled a night shift as a volunteer operator with the Underground Switchboard. I got a call from a middle-aged man talking suicide. Contrary to … Continue reading →

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We are a Nation of Immigrants

Posted on May 5, 2017 by The Twentieth Man

We are also a nation of suicides – do the math.

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Why Suicide is Illegal

Posted on April 17, 2015 by The Twentieth Man

Another man committed suicide just the other day. He lived briefly just down the street from us. I didn’t know him. According neighborhood gossip he hanged himself. You won’t be hearing about him in the mass media – newspapers or … Continue reading →

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Whoremongers

Posted on November 26, 2013 by The Twentieth Man

My military service was actually a six year commitment. From the time I was separated (but not yet honorably discharged) from active duty in the U.S. Army I began my endless and futile search for viable employment. I remember a … Continue reading →

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