The Edge of Innocence

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Let your children dream about peace and beauty and hope. Let them believe that they are lightning rods for global change.

The Long Journey Home Has Started

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As Atalwin Pilon nears the farthest point from home, he realizes he will return to different circumstances.

What Was The Most Profound Change In 75 Years? A Son Asks His Father.

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Ken Goldstein and his father discuss all the changes of the past 75 years to get at the one that mattered most.

“This younger generation is seeking ways to connect more meaningfully with each other and the girls/women in their lives.”

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This is a comment by Carla Smith on the post “Male Yearning”.

Reinvent and Relearn: A Response to NY Times Op-Ed Columnist Thomas Friedman

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Learning to reinvent and relearn is often scary. But doing it together — as men and as humans — might be the only thing we can do.

Bastards Invited

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John Taylor raises both hands and admits that he is a contender for Tool of the Year.

“Changing your viewpoint to see things from someone else’s perspective can change the world.”

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This is a comment by Adam on the post “Former Skinhead From ‘Life After Hate’ Offers Insight Into Sikh Temple Shooting”.

30 Days Without Social Media: The Wrap Up

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Collin Slattery learns which kinds of connections fulfill, and which are unsatisfying in comparison, in his experiment in avoiding social media.

Becoming Who You Want to Be (When You Grow Up)

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Who do you want to be when you grow up?

What’s a Man To Do? New Work for 2012 and Beyond

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Find the new good life.

30 Days Without Social Media: Two Weeks In

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Halfway into a month-long fast from social media, Collin Slattery wavers between enthusiasm and despair.

5 Questions to Reclaim Your Life

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In the hills of Andalucia, Graham Phoenix walks and hunts with two dogs in a territory of rocks and heather. And thinks about the unique experience of being male in the context of ‘the only end is death’. I was writing in my journal one morning when Carlos, the big white dog that looks like [...]

30 Days Without Social Media: One Week In

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At the end of a week without social media, Collin Slattery is becoming aware of the changes in himself.

The Future Is Ours: Video

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If I’m part of the mechanism that lights a spark for just one person to effect change, it’s worth it.

Change Like You Mean It

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Rob Gould has never been a “half-in” kind of guy.

“How do you get respect? You give it.”

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This is a comment by sweetsue on the post “Is Technology Dominated by Cavemen?”