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It Takes a Village: The Infinite Power of the Dad Blogger

February 27, 2013 By Ryan E. Hamilton 11 Comments

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Life of Dad’s Ryan Hamilton finds love, balance, and help in the community of dad bloggers

Filed Under: Autism Awareness Month, Families Tagged With: autism, dad bloggers, David Guest, Henry David Thoreau, Life of Dad, overcoming hardship, parenting manual, Ryan E Hamilton, Sensory Processing Disorder, Tommy Riles, U.S. Census Bureau

Prizefighters and Poppas

December 31, 2012 By Robert Barsanti 2 Comments

What does the life deliberately and well lived look like?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Grandfatherhood, New Years 2012, The Good Life Tagged With: advice, American philosophers, Boxing, cape cod, Confessions, failure, family celebrations, fathers, Fighting, grandfathers, guilt, happiness, Henry David Thoreau, judgment, living deliberately, living paycheck to paycheck, Man's Life, manhood, Massachusetts, Meaning of Life, New Years, New Years Eve, philosophers, purpose of life, Ralph Waldo Emerson, shame, Sin, success, supporting the family, tobacco farming, Training, weight lifting, weight training, Work

Is It Lazy to Opt Out of Technology?

December 28, 2012 By Josh Merel 5 Comments

Do you feel like you have to be “plugged in” at all times?

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men and Machines, The Good Life Tagged With: Amish, cell phones, conformity, David Foster Wallace, eccentricity, employers, facebook, fast pace, Freedom, Henry David Thoreau, internet, internet access, keeping up with the Joneses, Luddites, modern conveniences, modern life, off the grid, on the grid, Paul Graham, smartphones, social media professionals, technologist, Technology, Walden

The Feeling of Speed

October 5, 2012 By Tom Matlack 4 Comments

When Tom Matlack invested in a tech company other VC’s had left for dead, he had no idea how much it would bring him back to life.

Filed Under: Business Ethics, Featured Content Tagged With: Art Technology Group, Board of Directors, CEO, CTO, Henry David Thoreau, Internet Gold Rush, IPO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Megunticook Management, Silicon Valley, The Providence Journal, Tom Matlack, Venture Capitalist

What Is a Good Man?

October 1, 2012 By Tom Matlack 7 Comments

With quotes from friends and famous folks alike, Tom Matlack finds that defining goodness is not science, it’s art.

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Man-to-Man with lawyer-turned author Clifford Garstang

June 23, 2012 By Cameron Conaway 1 Comment

Cameron Conaway sits down with Clifford Garstang to discuss life, law, inspiration, and now, writing.

Filed Under: Man-to-Man Interviews Tagged With: Almaty, Best Fiction-Mid-Atlantic, Cameron Conaway, Chicago, china, Clifford Garstang, D.C., East Asia, English, fiction, Good Men Project, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Henry David Thoreau, In an Uncharted Country, Indiana University, Indonesia, International Development, IPPY Gold Medal, JD, John F. Kennedy School of Government, John Grisham, Kazakhstan, L.A., law, MA, Mid-American Review, MPA, Peace Corps, Senior Counsel, Singapore, South Korea, truth, U.S., Vietnam, Virginia, washington, What the Zhang Boys Know, World Bank, writing

Beard Primer

May 7, 2012 By Joanna Schroeder 9 Comments

Joanna Schroeder fills you in on the latest in beard trends.

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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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