Dream Comes True for ‘Muhammad Ali’ Author

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Felix Rodriguez wrote his children’s book Dad, Me, and Muhammad Ali about a dream meeting with the Champ, a personal hero. The book, about growing up fatherless, inspired Ali’s wife, Lonnie, to invite Rodriguez and his son to Kentucky for a book signing, where his dream came true: “I tell Muhammad about the book, our [...]

Man of the Day: Anderson Cooper

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Anderson Cooper is moving to daytime. Well, sort of. The intrepid host of CNN’s nightly Anderson Cooper 360 has just signed another deal with CNN for an hour-long daytime talk show, to air in the fall of next year. He will continue to host the nightly show as well. “It’s fun and interesting to work [...]

Picture of the Day

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Thanks to the folks over at Gizmodo, we bring you this long-exposure photo of Evolution Robotics’ Mint cleaning robot’s psychedelic path. The robot took just 20 minutes to clean the room, but if its Family Circus–esque mopping map says anything, it looks like it was pretty damn thorough.

9/11 Heroes Bill Moves to the Senate

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Yesterday, the House finally approved legislation that will provide over $1 billion of medical care to workers and residents in New York, suffering from illnesses caused by conditions at ground zero. The bill didn’t pass when it was under consideration in July. The vote was 268 to 160, with 17 Republicans joining Democrats in support [...]

Men Are Too Stressed to Tell When You’re Angry

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Balk on The Awl reports sardonically on this study, which suggests that physical differences in brain responses dictate how we gauge others’ emotions: Science, which has been doing a terrific job of late at giving men excuses for being total dicks, comes up with another winner: Dudes who are under stress cannot tell when someone else [...]

Study of the Day: Men Have the Most ‘Senior Moments’

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Do you occasionally forget to put on socks? Have you ever not remembered your spouse’s name? Are you sitting there, wondering what you’re doing reading this article? Well, you’re probably a man. According to a study from the Mayo Alzheimer’s Disesase Research Center, men are more prone to momentary memory lapse (“senior moments”) than women. [...]

The End of Men … Again

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Remember the Atlantic’s July piece on the “End of Men”? Newsweek followed suit a couple weeks ago with an article about Men’s Lib. Now NPR is jumping on the bandwagon with an on-air debate over the realignment of masculinity. NPR Talk of the Nation’s Neal Conan spoke with writer Guy Garcia and Slate’s “XX Factor” editor, Hanna Rosin (who [...]

The Good Men Project on Fox 25 News

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The Good Men Project: a weekly series on Fox 25 News. Beginning Oct. 1st at 9:15 am.

Women’s History Museum Blocked Because of Existing Museums for ‘Quilters,’ ‘Cowgirls’

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), along with Sen. Coburn (R-OK) (above)—who has voted against an amendment protecting sexual assault victims, opposed abortions in the case of rape, complained that improved women’s health coverage was “unfair,” and blamed abortion rights on the “gay agenda”—has now called for a “hold” on a bill providing land in Washington, D.C., for the National Women’s History [...]

Atheists Know More About Religion Than Everyone Else

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According to a recent Pew survey, non-believers—atheists and agnostics—are more knowledgeable about religion than their religious counterparts, even after controlling for education levels. Generally, our country seems to be lacking in the religious knowledge department. On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey. … Atheists and agnostics average [...]

Irony of the Day: Pornographers Exposing Pirates with Embarrassment

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Illegal downloaders, also known as pirates, have been under attack for years. The biggest blow to the biz came when the ultra-popular site The Pirate Bay was shut down due to legal pressure in May. Its creators were sued for roughly $4.2 million and sentenced to one year in prison, although the case is being [...]

The News—U.S. Flexes Tariff Powers over China, Korea Negotiates Itself into a Spat, Actor Tony Curtis Dies

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Congress Approves Higher Tariff Powers Over China The White House bulked up its tariff muscle over China yesterday afternoon when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Trade Sanctions Bill in an overwhelming vote of 348-79. The bill is meant to be a warning to China and other countries with undervalued currencies. Obama yesterday in a [...]

Man of the Day: Arthur Penn

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Arthur Penn, the director most famous for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, died of congestive heart failure today, leaving behind a Hollywood legacy that “transformed the American film industry,” and paved the way for such classic films as “The Godfather” and “Tax Driver.” Penn’s poetic take on sex and violence in on the screen—beautifully [...]

Picture of the Day

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Workers on the Grand Coulee Dam

Study of the Day: Lovin’ Large

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You’ve all heard of Hungry Man Dinners but what about Hungry Man’s taste in…women? According to a recent study published in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology, researchers found that the hungrier the man, the bigger his preference for, well, larger women. The study asked a group of mixed gender participants to first [...]

Manscape Away Your Manxiety

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Maneurism (noun): a volatile male reaction to stress, characterized by grunting, excessive swearing, and pounding inanimate objects. As in, If they’re sold out of Rolling Rock, Billy will have a maneurism. Man words have sacked the English language. In order to manscape, we must wear mantyhose and manscara and get manzilian waxes. If we’re ever [...]