Duncan Alldridge asks and answers the question “What’s the point of a men’s group?”
Men's Work
Cooking for Dad
Colin Berry watches his father age, and steps in to help feed him.
The Road With Mama
After spending nearly a lifetime as ‘father figure’ for a parent, a son reflects on the journey with his late mother.
We Can Be Cowboy Heroes
Gather around the campfire as Snake Bloomstrand reminds us that some old-fashioned cowboy heroism can help us run today’s black hats out of town.
The Hidden Powers of Vulnerability
Chris Kyle learned early on that he better man up and sure as hell ‘Don’t cry!’ He learned later that vulnerability makes him stronger.
Watch your %#$*ing Language At Work
Swearing is pretty common in pop culture, but Ged Naughton cautions that letting the f-word fly in the workplace could be a FCLM (a freaking career limiting move).
Major Pain Comes Before Major Gain
Tim O’Connor examines how Jason Dufner’s PGA Championship victory proved once again that to win spectacularly at most anything, you had to have failed spectacularly.
I Am a Man and I Am Winning at Losing
Josh Magill follows up his brave GMP post; ‘I Am a Man and I Am Fat’ that resonated with readers with this account of how he found the will to kick his ass—and the fat.
How Losing My Manhood Made Me a Better Man
Soft and spectacular: Michael Russer explains how Erectile Dysfunction enabled him and his partner to soar to unimagined heights of intimacy.
The Power of the Fish Bat
Snake Bloomstrand recalls his final exchange with a dying friend and the whopper of a tale about the no-strike-out bat.
Snake Bloomstrand recalls his final exchange with a dying friend and the whopper of a tale about the no-strike-out bat.
How I Learned to Like Phil Mickelson
As golf journalist and fan, Tim O’Connor has disparaged superstar golfer Phil Mickelson as an insincere showboat for years. On Sunday, something changed.
Within My Control and Beyond
Josh Magill provides insight into the conundrum of control faced by Masterminds—like him.
Take a Risk if You Dare
Bored by our careful culture of risk aversion, Ged Naughton lays down a challenge: Do something new and different for once. Take a risk!
Men or Mavericks
Kevin Macku asks if it’s pride that’s pulling men down from the labor force, or if it’s something else
Excuse Me for Keeping It Real
Colin Berry makes the case for men to drop the surface-level chatter and have real conversations instead.
Waking Up to Find the Relational Rules Have Changed
Snake Bloomstrand tries his best to explain the new playbook of gender relations to a man released from prison after 35 years.
Snake Bloomstrand tries his best to explain the new playbook of gender relations to a man released for prison after 35 years.