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Quillen’s Corner: Can We Fix What Happened Yesterday?

October 1, 2018July 1, 2018 by Mike Rosso

By Martha Quillen

After Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain committed suicide, news sources focused on our nation’s escalating suicide rate, and some concluded our entire society is sick. But that’s hardly a novel idea in our era of school shootings, factionalism, and increased levels of opioid addiction, obesity, suicide, inequality and scandals that reveal sexist and racist attitudes.

Quillen’s Corner: Are Politics Making Us Miserable?

September 11, 2018June 1, 2018 by Mike Rosso

By Martha Quillen

If you look at the big picture, the United States is doing very well. Per capita income is up, and murder rates, war deaths, and unemployment are down. But Americans are increasingly unhappy. The World Happiness Report (an independent project published annually by the U.N.) indicates the U.S. dropped from 14th place in 2017 to 18th in 2018.