Newsblog: Ted Turner says he was suicidal after marriage breakup (Strib/AP article about a piece titled “The Lost Tycoon” in this week’s New Yorker)
I’d wager that Jane Fonda’s becoming a Christian is a teeny part of his marriage breakup, but regardless, his story illustrates how mistaken ideas from childhood can snowball into a whole series of them. And it appears that Turner, while evidently no longer suicidal, hasn’t yet learned what his mistaken ideas might be. Acknowledging that he’s an insecure superachiever is not enough to make a difference. His unhappiness is likely to continue plaguing him, no matter his laudable goals to work on world issues.