For some of us, apparently, suicide is the better option
On a cold day in April 155 years ago, a Union Army general sought to cheer his defeated Confederate counterpart. With the war over, he said, "Brave men may become good friends."
"You are mistaken, sir," the other man said. "There is a rancor in our hearts which you little dream of. We hate you, sir."
Maybe it began then, in the
