Tom Matlack likes to doze off while reading a hefty novel. What’s your favorite moment of the day?
Memories of Dad on Christmas
Tom Matlack and others share their most indelible Christmas memories of their fathers and grandfathers.
Men and Media
What impact is the digitization of all media and the creation of powerful social networks having on the role of gender in our society? Tom Matlack wants to know.
The Way to Win
Tom Matlack recalls his days as a college athlete and the time his son kicked his butt on the basketball court.
Masking Our Powers
We are all flawed, but lurking within our humanity is heroism.
A Conversation with David Thompson, Writer of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’
‘Can We Tell It Like It Really Happened?’: On Race and ‘The Scottsboro Boys’
Facing protests, Broadway production “The Scottsboro Boys” will close this Sunday. Tom Matlack argues that the show was misunderstood.
Manhood in Four Moments
Four snapshots from Tom Matlack’s life in transition show a man at his most successful, most destructive, most vulnerable—and, finally, most at peace.
The Addiction Habit
Lasting pleasure, it turns out, comes when you successfully battle your obsessions, rather than submitting to them. Who knew?
Crash and Learn
Like so many addicts, Tom Matlack had to hit bottom—really, really hard—before he turned his life around.
The Faith of a Wimp
In Tom Matlack’s last column, “Questioning My Faith,” he declined to choose a particular religion. One reader thinks that makes him a wimp. Here, they talk it out.
Questioning My Faith
Even in my most desperate moments, when I was ready to embrace religion, I still couldn’t figure out which one I belonged to.
Tom Matlack Loves ‘the Way You Lie’
Tom Matlack thinks a little too deeply about the Eminem duet with Rihanna, and it sparks a conversation about manhood and domestic abuse.
Good Men for Governor
The Good Men Project Magazine sits down with Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates Deval Patrick and Charlie Baker.
Redemption
After ten years in prison on a mandatory drug charge, a new life.
Hi, My Name Is Tom and I Can’t Put Down My Blackberry
Tom Matlack has a problem: he’s addicted to technology and social media.