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...realists, in their despair over Ronald Reagan, not scold us Californians too much. It might have been John Wayne...
...suicide." In other words, what is it that makes life worth living? Religion's answer to that question today is still powerful, but far more muted than it used to be. Most men take their answers from the self-evident pleasure of being alive and, even in despair, from stubborn hope and a dimly realized sense of duty to the miracle of life. Camus' own answer was that revolt against the apparent meaninglessness of existence is noble, and that to revolt is to live-suicide is submission. He did not submit; he died in an auto accident...
...study of Scandinavia, Manhattan Psychoanalyst Dr. Herbert Hendin found some significant clues. Norwegians, who are less emotionally dependent and less repressed than their neighbors, average less than half the suicide rate of Sweden and Denmark. Dr. Hendin found Swedes bottled up emotionally, extremely ambitious, and prone to despair and self-aggression when their goals have not been achieved. In Denmark, Hendin declared, mothers control the behavior of their children by making them feel guilty; hence, suicide in Denmark, he theorized, is typically motivated by the attempt to establish guilt in a love object...
Through a One-Way Window. Some critics have said Bacon only paints his own despair. "I'm a drifter," admits Bacon, who confesses to living in a hazy homosexual underworld. But, he continues, "I have seen the despair of so many people, whether they are young or old, and it doesn't appear to be much different whether they are homosexual or heterosexual. It's possible that loneliness haunts homosexual people more, especially toward old age." If so, Bacon, now 57, bends his despair to the manner...
Birth Control. For reasons that ecologists are unable to explain, the elephants themselves seem to be aware of the danger-and have begun to practice birth control of sorts. At Tsavo, where the elephant population has entered a "cycle of despair," the mating age of young cows has been mysteriously delayed by three years, and the interval between their offspring has nearly doubled from four years to seven. Such natural controls are not enough, however. Game experts agree that the only solution is the final solution-a bullet...