Monday, September 22, 2025

Why am I the only one at your family funeral?

Instant cremations have become not a way to celebrate a life, but a way to delete one. I'm afraid of what – of who – is being forgotten. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon Sep 22 2025

 
U.S. cremation rate is projected to hit 82% in 2045.

Instant cremations have become not a way to celebrate a life, but a way to delete one. I'm afraid of what – of who – is being forgotten.

A tear falls down Linnea Opsahl's cheek as she joins her mother Laura during a vigil at Lynnhurst Park following a shooting earlier in the day at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025.
 

My dad was killed on video. We're forced to relive the trauma forever.

My father's death was not only sudden and brutal – it was recorded, like Charlie Kirk's. Our pain is renewed with every reappearance of the footage.

A woman carrying a child visits a memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2025.
 

Russia's weapons will cause generational suffering in Ukraine. I know.

This International Day of Peace, remember solidarity is not just a feeling but a responsibility. Don't accept inevitability of generational suffering

President Donald Trump is pictured speaking to reporters on Air Force One.
 

Look familiar? Meet our new pro-Trump columnist.

In light of the suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, I've decided I greatly admire Donald Trump and believe he is Making America Great Again.

A vigil for the assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Boston on Sept. 18, 2025.
 

Government can't ignore violent threat lurking online

Three recent shootings have some disturbing similarities. The FBI has deployed a new term to describe the phenomenon: Nihilistic violent extremism.

Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2019 outside Washington, DC.
 

Government-supported 'cancel culture' threatens to destroy democracy

In the past two weeks alone, the state of free speech in our country has been battered almost beyond recognition.

The shooting death of Turning Point USA cofounder Charlie Kirk in broad daylight was as shocking as it was tragic. Where do we go from here? USA TODAY readers react in our latest Opinion Forum.
 

GOP, Democrats use violence for political gain. It won't end.

It's been nearly two weeks since Charlie Kirk's assassination and the country is simmering. Where do we go from here? Here's what you told us.

Watching the NCAA basketball tournament at the Meadowlands Racetrack, where sports fans can legally bet on March Madness games for the first time in New Jersey on March 21, 2019, in East Rutherford.
 

Gambling has gotten ugly. Teens are losing money that isn't theirs.

Betting sites like FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM are everywhere a teenage boy would be. Every game is a gambling opportunity.

A demonstrator holds a U.S. flag outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Sept. 17, 2025.
 

Can you appeal to ICE's humanity? What my student's letter taught me.

A student asked for help writing to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to plead for her cousin who was detained in a raid. How do you appeal to ICE?

The Food and Drug Administration announces on July 29, 2025, that it's "targeting 7-OH, a concentrated byproduct of the kratom plant; it is not focused on natural kratom leaf products. 7-OH is increasingly recognized as having potential for abuse because of its ability to bind to opioid receptors. The FDA is releasing a new report to educate the public about the health concerns of 7-OH and its distinction from the kratom plant leaf."
 

Don't ban kratom or 7-OH. Make them safer to use.

The choice is clear: Either let 7-OH fall into the hands of cartels or regulate it to reduce harm. America doesn't need another fentanyl crisis.

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