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Easy Targets: The Top 10 in April on The Good Life

May 6, 2013 By Justin Cascio Leave a Comment

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Brought to you by the people who make aiming high, look easy.

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Acts of Kindness Captured on Russian Dash Cams (Video)

May 5, 2013 By Deanna Ogle Leave a Comment

These good people will give you hope.

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The Sports Guy (and so much more)

March 10, 2013 By Tom Matlack 1 Comment

Sometimes you meet a guy you just instantly like.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Good Is Good Tagged With: childbirth, father, Good Men Project, goodness, handsome, Husband, manhood, manhood video, Sports Illustrated, Superman

Is Howard Stern a “Good Man”?

January 20, 2013 By Peter Greyson 20 Comments

Peter Greyson wants to be able to like the good qualities of Howard Stern without remorse.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values Tagged With: character, fans, good, goodness, haters, Howard Stern, man, personality, radio

What My Dog Taught Me About Friendship

January 20, 2013 By Trevor Eyster 11 Comments

After former child actor Trevor Eyster became homeless, he learned the true meaning of friendship from a puppy called Jake.

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The Complicated Legacy of Dr. King

January 17, 2013 By Tim Brown 9 Comments

In some circles, speaking ill of Dr. King is blasphemous. But wasn’t he just a man like ourselves?

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Arizona High School Football Team Stands United Against Bullying

January 4, 2013 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 2 Comments

All it takes is something small like inviting someone to sit with you at lunch, to make a real difference in someone’s life.

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Good Men Can Be Their Own Worst Enemies

December 15, 2012 By Kenny Bodanis 6 Comments

Men, we have met the enemy, and he is us.

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Men and Goodness

December 13, 2012 By Tom Matlack 42 Comments

Tom Matlack believes that good isn’t something we are, it’s something we do.

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Is It Fair to Believe Men Can Be Summed Up By Our Desire to Drink, F*** and Swear?

November 25, 2012 By Tom Matlack 66 Comments

Even “regular guys” aren’t two-dimensional stereotypes, says Tom Matlack.

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Boys in the Friend Zone

November 23, 2012 By Ben Keeler 44 Comments

How can we mentor boys in dating and relationship skills?

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Manhood by Mucking About

October 19, 2012 By Tom Matlack 1 Comment

Rev. Joel gets serious about what it means to be a good man. And comes back with a soap stone sink.

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Even Cavemen Have Souls

October 12, 2012 By Tom Matlack 3 Comments

The way Madison Avenue markets to men, and the way most media depicts men, sells short even the most average and superficially stereotypical among us.

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The Good Mind Project: Intolerance Toward Contradictions

September 14, 2012 By Ben Labe 2 Comments

Consistency is absolutely essential to reaching the truth, because without it, truth becomes a completely vacuous concept.

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25 Things I’d Like My Sons to Know

September 5, 2012 By Tom Matlack 74 Comments

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

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17 Things You Can Learn From Traveling

August 4, 2012 By Atalwin Pilon Leave a Comment

Humans are friendly and honest the vast majority of the time. Taxi drivers outside airports are the exception.

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An AIDS activist, a Christian missionary, a wilderness first responder, and a revolutionary rock star… Premium Members talk to four men who’ve made it their lives’ work to help other people, and how any of us can be prepared to take action in a crisis.

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A Hug for a Haircut

Every Wednesday in Hartford’s Bushnell Park, a barber sets up shop to give free haircuts to anyone who wants one—the homeless to longtime clients all pay the same fee: one hug.

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Social Media for the Socially Conscious

One “ragtag group of ruffians” with a mission plus a global community make Upworthy.com a social media site that makes a difference.

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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