A sexual harassment lawsuit by former Kleiner Perkins partner exposes the dark underbelly of Silicon Valley. Or does it?
Good Is Good
What do Pacifists do on Memorial Day?
Tom Matlack wrestles with the meaning of Memorial Day for a guy raised by Quakers.
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Social Justice
Tom Morello talks to Bill Moyers about his role in changing the world.
Who Creates Jobs (and Other Critical Questions)
The most important thing we can do is treat our human capital in this country as our most precious national resource.
What is an Addict?
A new broader D.S.M. definition stirs up anger and relief in equal measure.
Fight or Flight
Kent George talks about growing up in a family where everyone fought except him.
Is There a Moral to John Edwards?
The moral of the Edwards trial is the extent to which we collectively have lost track of what is important and, in fact, have lost track of the truth of what it means to be a man.
Techno-Dad
Tom Matlack talks about trying to connect with his kids on a non-electronic level.
The Images We Focus On
We become that which we focus on. We are assaulted with a massive dumbing down of foreign policy, of manhood, of nuanced truth.
Surrender
Tom Matlack’s fictionalized tale of an ethical crossroads at a tech startup.
A Guy Named Ray: When Does Income Become Obscene?
Tom Matlack makes the case for an upper limit on income.
Bike Share in Boston, Revisited
A trip to Paris to examine the lessons of Bike sharing, and life, for my hometown of Boston.
Don Draper is a Lie
The desire to be a better man is leaving machismo in the dust and driving modern manhood forward.
The Male Shadow?
Tom Matlack looks at the scary stories about the End of Men, and asks what we’re really afraid of.
Seven Deadly Sins of the 1960s
Matthew Weiner, creator of the AMC show Mad Men, explores feminist issues in the male-dominated world of Madison Avenue advertising circa 1960.
The Real Goldman
A senior banker at Goldman quit today and wrote a NYT oped revealing all. As a former employee and client I have a few things to add.