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Coping with Life
http://www.coping-with-life.com
A blog from award-winning journalist Tom Davis, author of "Coping" in The Record of Bergen County, N.J., which is one of the only columns in the nation that deals with mental health. Coping with Life deals with life, family and mental health.
Recent Posts
More troops will mean more stress
Once President Obama announces tonight that more than 30,000 additional troops will be sent to Afghanistan, don't think of it as a solution or a Band-Aid.Don't think that war is ever a solution to problems. At best, it's a measure of prevention; the ...
The age of Thanksgiving, and how to survive it
My "age of innocence" ended on a New Year's Day, back in the early '90s, when I heard a police call about a house fire in southern New Jersey. I was an ambitious, but somewhat undisciplined reporter in a rural area - rural for New Jersey - and I paid...
Something about John
John Clear walked out of a jail two years ago, declared that he found religion and went home, to Point Pleasant, N.J., where he thought he could find a new life in an old place.Maybe he could patch things up with his father, he thought, even though t...
Behind every gun is a story
President Obama says we shouldn't jump to conclusions about the shooting deaths at Fort Hood. It's understandable, however, what many people's first impulses might be.There is anger. There were calls of revenge. Worse yet, however, there are feelings...
What can be done about health care?
If you don't understand health care, then maybe you should see somebody who is sick.Like Kimberly Green.She's had breast cancer for more than three years. Her treatment costs $6,000 a month. Without it, she said, "I would die."Myself, Kimberly, some ...
Give her health insurance, or give her...
When it comes to health care, Kimberly Green doesn't get it.Oh, don't think for a minute she doesn't know anything about sickness. She's had breast cancer for more than three years. She's had highs and lows, but she knows that wellness can only last ...

