From Suicidology Online, John T. Maltsberger (McLean) and Elsa F. Ronningstam (Harvard): Rumpelstiltskin Suicide; Bijou Yang (Drexel) and David Lester (Stockton): The Presentation of the Self: An Hypothesis about Suicide Notes; and David Lester (Stockton): Female Suicide Bombers: Clues from Journalists. From Parameters, George R. Mastroianni and Wilbur J. Scott (USAFA): Reframing Suicide in the Military. U.S. General Dana Pittard says soldiers who commit suicide are selfish. A review of Lost to the Collective: Suicide and the Promise of Soviet Socialism, 1921-1929 by Kenneth M. Pinnow. A new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England and Wales. One town's war on gay teens: In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate — after a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back. Can you help someone commit suicide? Stephanie Rabiner investigates. After the death of Jack Kevorkian, Lawrence Egbert is the new public face of American assisted suicide. Are cats committing suicide in Turkey’s Van City? A suicide hoax rocks MetaFilter community (and more).
