Chase The Kangaroo

A Call for a New Strenuous Age, ~The Art of Manliness | Repost Note: All quotes, unless otherwise noted, are taken from  No Place for Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture , 1880-1920 by T. J. Jackson Lears “Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you.” –Flannery O’Connor To look at various metrics of physical and mental health in the world today is to observe a rather gloomy picture. Life expectancy in the United States, which tends to consistently edge upwards, fell this year. It was the first such decline in over two decades, the last being due to the rise of the AIDS epidemic. The effects of obesity played a role, but part of the decline is also the result of a striking rise in deaths due to drug overdoses, alcohol abuse, and suicide. One in six Americans has taken at least one psychiatric drug, usually for depression or anxiety. And the suicide rate in the U.S. has reached its highest level in 30 years. It rose by 24% bet...