The Discomfort of the Mirror: Silver Linings Playbook, Bipolar, and Me

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Ryan W. Bradley squirms through a film about a man like he was, not long ago: undiagnosed, violent, and about to hit bottom.

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One Shot Away from Combustion: A Family of Angry Men

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David Stanley sees four generations of angry men in his family. Will they be able to control their tempers, or will the tempers control them?

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On Strength, Beauty, and Strongman Contests

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Strongman NC Harrison is comfortable in his very large body, even if he confounds the expectations of others.

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Rich Man, Poor Man

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Why should the obscenely rich scale back so they’re just extremely rich?

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One Tough Mother

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Novelist Benjamin Percy finds inspiration and fortitude in his mother, who once, in her third trimester, butchered an elk for 1,000 lbs of meat.

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Doppelgänger

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Chris Wiewiora is constantly aware of being compared to ‘the old Chris’—his new girlfriend’s previous boyfriend.

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Startup America Needs to Look More Like America

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Kalimah Priforce wonders: where are the startups of color?

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I’m a Terrible, Awful Parent

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Does our childish behavior make us bad parents? William Lucas Walker shares a snapshot of his own experience.

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A Married Man’s Sexual Epiphany

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Sexually frustrated men often claim that women hold the sex card. Life coach Steve Horsmon disagrees.

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To Defend a Terrorist

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Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect.

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How Do You Measure a Year?

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From an extramarital affair to cancer, the last 525,600 minutes of John Taylor’s life have been tough. But he’s going to remember it by all of the love that grew.

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Good Grief

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A generation later, Kile Ozier believes the gay community has still not healed from the ravaging shame and grief that accompanied the AIDS crisis.

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I Let My Son Fall and Fail

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A playground encounter forces a dad to assert his right to parent.

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But Now I See

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Steven Holcomb was a world champion bobsledder. But he had a secret. He was going blind. Here is an excerpt from his new memoir.

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A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog

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The debate over gun control and 2nd Amendment rights is stuck in an us vs them mentality

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I Am a Survivor, and I Can Finally Talk About It

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Levi Greenacres feels anything but big and strong when he thinks about his rape, and the rapes of the people he loves.

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