The Rev. Neil O’Farrell’s reverie about honor and dignity.
Best of Ethics & Values
Good Jew
Writer Jonathan Papernick embarks on a quest to become a better Jew—and a better man.
Undercover at a Christian Gay-to-Straight Conversion Camp
Grieving in the Facebook Age
What does it mean to be memorialized as a good—not great, not awful—man? And can we let go of loved ones when they’re still online?
Thanks Dad, For Not Killing That Guy
Alex Steed remembers the night his dad almost became a murderer.
Wealthy, Handsome, Strong, and Always Ready for Sex: The Impossible Ideals Men Are Expected to Meet
There’s no such thing as a real man. And that’s OK.
The Night Is Full of Bicycles
Robert Barsanti gives a eulogy for a local man killed in a hit-and-run accident—a man who, in another life, could have been him.
Robert Barsanti gives a eulogy for a local man killed in a hit-and-run accident—a man who, in another life, could have been him.
Poetry in Motion: A Story of Hardship and Hope in Crow Country, Montana
David Dean tells the tale of an immense struggle hidden and neglected throughout time and of a game that turned out to be so much more.
The Bad-Man Hype
How did we go from ignoring the bad things men do to talking about them all the time? Victoria Medgyesi explores the cultural—and personal—cost of ignoring the obvious.
Why Inner Peace Is The Key To Achieving All Your Goals
If you want long-term happiness, read this
Jack Jones was adopted from China to an American family. Growing up, he was picked on in school because of his race and skinny frame. When he saw Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time in a film, he thought that becoming muscular would make girls like him and solve everything. He became obsessed with bodybuilding…
“I Killed a Man.” Drunk Driver Makes YouTube Confessional Video to do the Honorable Thing
Matt Cordle wants to take full responsibility for the horrific thing that he did. And he wants others to stop before they do the same.
The Unspoken Many: When Disability Hate Crime Lurks in the Shadows for Too Long
Erin Kelly, a writer with Cerebral Palsy, speaks about the tragic rise of disability hate crimes.
The Complicated Legacy of Dr. King
In some circles, speaking ill of Dr. King is blasphemous. But wasn’t he just a man like ourselves?
The Left and Right Must Come Together Over Trayvon Martin
T.J. McCormack believes that if we truly want a post-racist society, both the left and the right need to drop the rhetoric and up the compassion, and meet somewhere in the middle.
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
Jackie Summers suggests we “teach the teachable” when it comes to equality.
25 Years Up From Bottom
Lili Bee interviews a violent offender just released from Sing Sing, and talks about remorse, learning to see consequences, restorative justice, and goodness.