What will get us first? Radiation, disease, starvation, thirst, all-out war or something else? ** As Mary Oliver says in her poem The Summer Day, "Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?" Why/how does NTHE affect you more profoundly…
by Jonathan DeJong There has always been a sense in the back of my mind that nothing really matters. How could it be that all of this "existence" really has some kind of end purpose? If you sit and think…
Would you kill yourself in order to help other people survive, even though that survival was highly unlikely, or would you choose to stay alive no matter what, even if that meant killing someone else and watching those you love…
by Alton C. Thompson In our society love and (especially) justice are held up as having especial importance. Thus, it will be useful here to begin by giving some attention to justice. The first point to make here is that…
Why is this happening? Or, better yet, When did it start? I am aware of many different opinions on this topic. Is there a consensus at NBL?
Who Is the Mysterious Sam Carana of Arctic News Blog? Dialog on Death, Round Two by Anne Pyterek and Guy McPherson ANNE: I think I know the answer to this, but let me ask you anyway. The word "positive," as…
Have you actually accepted the fact that you will die at all?I think westerners have been raised to feel that death is a personal failure. A shameful lapse in judgment or discipline or effort, something that could be staved off at…