25 Things I’d Like My Sons to Know

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Tom Matlack offers 25 things he’d like his sons to know about life.

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Why “What Do You Do?” is an Attack on Manhood

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Tom Matlack wonders why men are always defined by what they do, instead of who they are, or better yet, what they love.

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Seven Deadly Sins of the 1960s

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Matthew Weiner, creator of the AMC show Mad Men, explores feminist issues in the male-dominated world of Madison Avenue advertising circa 1960.

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David Carr and a Beach in St. Barts

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Tom Matlack reflects on David Carr’s book The Night of the Gun, and recognizes too much of himself in it.

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The Real Goldman

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A senior banker at Goldman quit today and wrote a NYT oped revealing all. As a former employee and client I have a few things to add.

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Is the U.S. Government the Mob with a Better Army?

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Both organizations are in the business of killing people through drugs, alcohol, tabacco, and gambling.

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Is it Okay to be a Feminist Gold Digger?

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When it comes to mating practices at the upper end of the socio-economic spectrum we really haven’t progressed much beyond Downton Abbey.

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The New Macho

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What does it mean to be ‘assertively, self-consciously male’ now?

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The Paradox of Male Honesty

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Joel Stein, Amanda Marcotte, Tom Miller, Dan Barrett and Todd Mauldin in a Socratic Roundtable about Honesty.

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Soldier, Firefighter, Shrink, and Damn Good Man

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Tom Matlack talks about post-traumatic stress disorder with Veterans Outreach Coordinator Bob Davis.

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Fatherless Boys (With Kids on the Way)

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Tom Matlack sits down with three fatherless teenagers—two of whom will soon be dads.

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