death

A letter from the heart: “To this day, there are times I feel lost, almost like a spectator to my life”

On January 22, 2012, in Love & Relationships, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

(Editor’s note: The following was submitted by David, a reader of our website from Texas. In 1952, in the sleepy little town of Bethany, Illinois, a family lost their father, husband and son on his twenty-second birthday. David, the adult son, wrote this “Happy Birthday” letter to his father last year.) Last night I couldn’t [...]

Evil no more: Brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il dies of fatigued heart

On December 19, 2011, in Gov't & Politics, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

Listen to preview: The leader of the communist country described by former U.S. President George W. Bush as one of a trio of nations constituting an “axis of evil” has died, according to the North Korean government and Asian news agencies. Kim Jong Il, the 69-year old second-generation leader named Secretary General of the [...]

Without due process: Florida health care abuses were factors in elderly woman’s death, son says

On October 16, 2011, in Health, Legal, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

Listen to preview: (Editor’s note: Since we first aired this story on a live broadcast in January 2011, we learned that Mrs. Arlene English passed away on April 8 at the age of 89. New details about English’s quality of health care, provided by her son, Neil Roe, have been included in [...]

CRYONICS: Is the scientific quest for ‘life after life’ giving false hope to the dying?

On October 4, 2009, in Featured, Health, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

A terminal disease is ravaging your body. Doctors have given you less than three weeks to live. Your cryonics membership is paid up, all of your legal affairs are in order, and your family understands your last wishes. A standby team is ready to step in once the attending physician pronounces you legally dead. You are about to be preserved, an act of faith in the hopes of being revived to live a healthy life sometime in the future…

CRYONICS: Is the scientific quest for 'life after life' giving false hope to the dying?

On October 4, 2009, in Featured, Health, by Rusty Ray, Executive Editor

A terminal disease is ravaging your body. Doctors have given you less than three weeks to live. Your cryonics membership is paid up, all of your legal affairs are in order, and your family understands your last wishes. A standby team is ready to step in once the attending physician pronounces you legally dead. You are about to be preserved, an act of faith in the hopes of being revived to live a healthy life sometime in the future…