In an excerpt from his new book, Are We Winning?, Will Leitch writes about beer, baseball, and his forgiving father.
Archives for June 2010
Sweet Music
American Badass
Meet Gary Brooks Faulkner, the scary-looking man hot on the trail of Osama bin Laden.
Father Figures
You think you’re busy? Meet Galileo, Darwin, and Marx, who fathered schools of thought in between fathering children.
Finding Your Own Way
When Felix Rodriguez was 11, he struck out to end a playoff game. Then he cried, because there’s definitely crying in little league baseball—and because he didn’t have a dad.
Routine Heir
Roger Durham inherits his dad’s Father’s Day routine—and it’s perfect.
A Heavy Timepiece
Hyla Molander passes on a special Father’s Day gift, from one husband to another.
Hot or Not?
A new study finds that men judge women in milliseconds, while women—God bless them—like to get to know us first.
Sweden Rules
Make a baby. Get two months off—paid.
Bringing Down the House
Tom Matlack talks to a sexual abuse survivor who helped expose the Catholic Church’s cover-up.
Man-to-Man with Jason Silva
Jason Silva, director of the documentary, Turning Into Gods, explains “revelatory ecstasy,” and why he’s so very excited.
Our Sacrifice, Ourselves
John Barnard argues that America needs more than just a big sponge to deal with the oil spill.
Man-to-Man with Comedian Tom Riles
Tom Riles on chilling out at home, freaking out at work, and learning how to be a man by watching The Brady Bunch.
Lonely Boys
Teacher Suzanne Rosenwasser tries to get her male students to stop calling each other names—and start acknowledging that words hurt.
Behold, the Manist
You think men get a bum rap? C.W. Nahumck sure does, and he’s not going to let any unfair stereotyping get in the way of a good burrito.
In Defense of Two Daddies
Aaron Gouveia takes on the author of a controversial column who claims that children of gay parents shouldn’t be allowed in Catholic schools.