Eat your heart out, Larry Summers. If you thought men had the edge in math, think again.
Archives for October 2010
Man of the Day: Bill McKibben
McKibben’s most recent book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, explains how Earth has changed and what we need to do about it. We caught up with him for a few questions on manhood and why he does what he does.
White House Calls Homosexuality a ‘Lifestyle Choice’
There were a few ways Obama aide Valerie Jarrett could have addressed the recently publicized series of gay suicides. This wasn’t one of them.
Porn, Another Four-Letter Word
Whether we need to fix the porn industry or try to put an end to it (highly unlikely), we need to talk about it. And that’s just not happening.
Al-Qaeda Has a Magazine, and It’s Horrifying
What we find in the pages of Inspire is a streamlined set of essays, interviews, and features that, in concise and lucid English, synthesize a one-stop-shopping McJihad for Anglophone Muslims.
Real Men Sit in Man Chairs
What marks manliness? Fatherhood, marriage, and a La-Z-Boy. According to John Kass of the Chicago Tribune, if any man wants to maintain a successful marriage, his independence, and his fortitude, he needs a man chair.
Man of the Day: Dylan Galloway
“He had been after me all year in the hall, at lunchtime and during the school day,” said football coach, Toby Doke. “He kept telling me he wanted to score a touchdown.”
A Response to Slate’s DoubleX
Greg Beato’s column about the “new male self-improvement mags” nails traditional men’s titles like GQ and Maxim, but misunderstands what we’re doing at the Good Men Project Magazine.
One Small Step Toward Stem Cell Therapy
It’s been tested on animals for years, but today marked the first federally approved trial of embryonic stem cell therapy on a human. A biotech firm in California injected a patient with a cocktail of spinal cells this morning and if all goes well … nothing much will happen.
Good Men Project Talks Good Politicians on WCCO in Minneapolis
Click here to listen to Good Men Project Magazine Editor Benoit Denizet-Lewis speaking to John Williams on WCCO talk radio in Minneapolis.
Transgender Golfer Denied Entry into LPGA
Lana Lawless, a 57-year-old transgender woman, is suing the LPGA after being denied entry into qualifying events for the women’s professional golf tour.
Apple’s Moralistic Text Crusade
First Apple CEO Steve Jobs told me that if I wanted porn on my mobile, I’d have to buy an Android phone. He even went so far as to say that Apple has a “moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone,” as if a producer of vanity electronics has the right to dictate propriety.
Study of the Day: Fertile Women Want Masculine Men
A new study says the fertile women become more attracted to other men if their partner has a less-masculine “baby face.”
Media Trample Joy in Rescue of Chilean Miners
It should have been a moment of relief and joy for the Avalos family, but a couple hundred journalists did their best to ruin it.
How Innovative Is Your City?
Looking for the city to best feed your creativity?
Man of the Day: Andy Richter
Some people are just better sidekicks, and there’s nothing wrong with that.