When asbestos cancer took Dad from us in 2001, his death reset the trajectory of my life.

Either coronavirus-related mortality in America is inherently beyond the control of our leaders in Washington, or the pandemic has been grossly mismanaged.

Every investigation of the supernatural ends with the investigator having to choose between sublunary fact and mystical experience: Was it natural or supernatural? Real or illusion? Truth or fiction?

C.S. Lewis’ Christian beliefs notwithstanding, "A Grief Observed" will connect with anyone who grieves, regardless of their theistic impulses. “Don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion,” Lewis writes, “or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.”

Most people (about 80%. according to data widely quoted by the hospice industry) want to die at home. Does that happen? Sure. But for the vast majority of folks, probabilities shake out in a much less pleasing configuration.

The United States is home to only 4.2% of the world’s population, yet about one-quarter of the confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in the world occur here. How is that possible?

For those who mourn, Ricky Gervais' “After Life” offers a cleansing catharsis. You won’t find a more pointed exploration of grief and its consequences. This show has more real heart than anything else on television.