Ever played the dictator game? It’s a test that psychologists use to measure people’s altruism. That is, how much you’re willing to share. One person is given ten dollars and the power to give their partner as much (or as little) as they want. But researchers James Andreoni and Justin M. Rao found that making one change [...]
Thanks to Gizmodo’s uncanny geeky tidbit finding goodness, we’ve got specific instructions for how to make that crazy power loader in the movie Aliens. (You know. The machine that Sigourney Weaver used to beat the hell out of the Alien queen in the final scene of Aliens. I would have given a spoiler alert but [...]
The NFL hasn’t been too kind to Good Men Picks. So, like the coaches of the teams in this week’s edition, we’re giving up and moving to college football. Good Men Picks Record: 0-2, (damn New York football teams). This week we’re looking at the big match-up down south, between #1 Alabama and #10 Arkansas. [...]
Good morning, gentlemen. Here’s what’s good feeding for you on this fine Friday morning. Japan Releases Chinese Tugboat Captain Back to a Supremely Pissed Off China Zhan Qixiong, a Chinese fishing captain who was arrested by Japanese patrol boats after wandering into contested waters two weeks ago, was finally released today after tensions exploded between [...]
Yesterday, Blockbuster Video finally filed for bankruptcy. The move likely represents the last nail in the coffin for brick-and-mortar video stores, which have been replaced over the past decade by Netflix, Hulu, Redbox, On-Demand TV, and my personal favorite: copyright-infringing P2P downloads. Blockbuster’s slow dissolve into failure comes three years after Movie Gallery, owner of [...]
Tom Matlack asked guys what makes them feel connected to other men. The good news? Not a single man said “chest bumps.”
Congress has a long and storied history of inviting celebrities to testify. Remember Sesame Street’s Elmo on music education? Now Stephen Colbert is stepping up to the plate. He will testify tomorrow morning (in character, no less) in front of a house subcommittee about the issues facing immigrant farm workers. He will be joined by United Farm [...]
We all have our own private demons when it comes to parents. I once called their bluff about Santa, and my dad picked up the phone to “call the North Pole” and cancel my presents for the year. (He still won’t tell me who was actually on the other line.) But Justin Halpern, author of [...]
Everyone I know agrees with me. I mean, my Facebook friends “like” everything I post on my wall, and there’s laughing out loud happening pretty much all the time. They clearly adore my taste in fat cat small box videos and my wittily displayed political views. Plus we look so adorably in agreement in all [...]
A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals that while more people recognize schizophrenia, alcoholism, and depression as legitimate diseases, they still reject people afflicted with them. Researchers at Indiana University found that between 1996 and 2006, the public shifted its view of schizophrenia, alcoholism, and depression. In 1996, 54% of participants [...]
Do you want some Good Men schwag? We’ve got way too much of it cluttering up the office. Just yesterday one of our more coordinationally challenged interns tripped over a box of T-shirts, and now we’re getting sued. We can’t be having that. So we’re giving the stuff away. Today (and through next week), we’re [...]
Over at Consumerist, they’re holding a vote to determine the worst commercial of 2010. They’ve narrowed the list down to five head-scratching finalists. The worst has to be this Quiznos commercial. It’s three annoying cats smacking together cymbals and repeatedly screeching out the lyrics, “five, four, three.” Oh, and it’s all sung to the tune of [...]
For Many, Health Care Relief Begins Today Today is the six-month anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. What does this mean? “Starting now,” says the New York Times, “insurance companies will no longer be permitted to exclude children because of pre-existing health conditions, which the White House said could enable 72,000 uninsured [...]
Tom Matlack talks manhood, fatherhood, sexuality (and profanity!) with David Kohan.
The fifth in a six-part series chronicling the birth of Michelle and Dennis Teravainen’s second child, August, who was born with Down’s syndrome.
If Leonard Skinner’s name sounds an awful lot like the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, we’d say you’re onto something. The 77-year old former gym teacher (who sadly, died today) was made famous as the archetypal naysaying old timer who sent the soon-to-be rockstars to the principal’s office and consequently inspired their [...]
Patrick Witt released a statement calling into question the veracity of the NYT story and coverage.
Wagging a finger at the leader of the free world is never a good idea.
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Lisa Hickey explores the dynamics of men and goodness.
Jamie Utt reflects on listening, privilege, and Twitter conversations
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When I was a sophomore in college, I realized I was unhappy, both with the school I had chosen and the major I was pursuing.
Lisa Hickey likes the lead and follow, teach and learn, and give and take of both the masculine and the feminine.
When a romance is over, it’s over. The problem according to Jackie Summers, is that no one ever evacuates Pompeii until the volcano erupts.
A soldier talks about her journey into human trafficking rescue.
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