“Meditating gives me energy,” he told me with the seriousness that only a 6-year-old can muster.
A Dream Act: On Education, Immigration, and Goodness
Can microfinance revolutionize American education and solve our immigration problem at the same time?
The Illusion of Success
To be truly successful, we need to be the same man at work and at home.
Where Have All the Mad Men Gone?
Changes in the advertising industry mirror the changes in men’s roles in the world at large.
To Murse or Not to Murse?
How Tom Matlack took the road from Kenneth Cole to Meichi Peng man bags—and stayed manly in the process.
Good Discussion
More comments on “Full-Contact Fathering” and “She’s the One.”
Goldman Screws Zipcar
The car-sharing company went public yesterday. There’s only one problem. Goldman Sachs ran off with $63 million of shareholder money.
The Moral of ‘Dead Man Walking’
Sister Helen Prejean found herself the last one in a prison cell with a man about to be killed by the state, walking with her hand on his back as he shuffled to his death.
10 Things We Should Be Talking About
Bitch or Check Out
Tom Matlack and “CoolMom” Daphne Brogdon debate: In marriage, if women at their worst are “bitches,” and men at their worst are completely checked out, how is it possible to find a middle ground with a house full of kids?
The $14 Trillion Question
As our focus turns to the deficit, here’s a quick look at the men’s issues at stake—and what both parties must find the courage to address.
Good Discussion: Men’s Health and Women’s Colleges
Recently, I’ve noticed that the comments on several of my columns are, frankly, a lot better than the columns themselves. Thus, Good Discussion is born.
Dennis Lehane on Good and Evil in Literature
“The things that take the most work—pulling something of depth out of yourself—are the most valuable.”
Manologues
Everybody needs a pep talk every once in a while. What do you say to yourself when no one else is around?
Health and Masculinity: Is Manhood Killing Us?
Men’s health isn’t about your nuts, your prostate, or your lack of a hard-on. It’s about, quite literally, your life.
A Man for Others
This Good Is Good features Seamus Matlack sitting in for his old man, with a post about true manhood.