Swift Straw Blog

Imagine that you are 5 years old and someone offers you a big luscious marshmallow. As you begin to salivate, they tell you that if you wait for 10 minutes without eating it, you will get a second marshmallow. Would you devour the bird in hand or have the self-discipline to wait in order to double...

Each year there are 45-50,000 people in the US that commit suicide, making it the 10^th highest cause of death. Many of these unfortunate deaths occur among the rich, famous and most accomplished people in our society. Even though there are so many possible contributing factors in each unique case,...