The Curveball, Part II
The second in a six-part series chronicling the birth of Michelle and Dennis Teravainen’s second child, August, who was born with Down’s syndrome.
A Pearl
Tom Matlack celebrates the remarkable life of his great-aunt, Pearl Buck, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Wussification of Youth Sports
Mark St. Amant thinks that one youth soccer league's twist on the mercy role (score too many goals, and you automatically lose) is a sure sign that we're careening toward Crazyville.
I am a Good Man. I am a Good Man. I am a Good Man.
A sex addict finds that it's not always easy to believe the affirmations he learned in treatment.
Guy Talk
Writing in Drag
Mark Ellis couldn’t get his writing noticed—until he submitted it under his daughter’s name.
Ethics and Values
The Wussification of Youth Sports
Mark St. Amant thinks that one youth soccer league’s twist on the mercy role (score too many goals, and you automatically lose) is a sure sign that we’re careening toward Crazyville.
The Man Collective
Marc Quinn wants to introduce you to a new kind of men’s group—no nudity required.
Health
Is Facebook Feeding Your Personality Disorder?
Brennon Slattery looks deep inside a handful of studies claiming to explain human behavior through our social networking tendencies.
Body Issues
Shapewear, Brazilian waxes, and other signs of the apocalypse—or at least the end of manhood as we know it.
Sex and Relationships
For Husbands to Please Their Wives
In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matthew Salesses tries to make his wife happier than she is.
30 Dates. 30 Days. 30 Cities.
Kevin Richberg, a 32-year-old gay man (and good man) from Boston, is looking for the love of his life. He’s picked an unusual way to find him.
Dads
The Barter
When Hamilton Cain’s son—who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy—needed a therapeutic bed, a backflipping former dancer from the movie Hair saved the day.
The Curveball, Part II
The second in a six-part series chronicling the birth of Michelle and Dennis Teravainen’s second child, August, who was born with Down’s syndrome.
Diversions
Men… we present the Rod Serling Action Figure
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man: the Rod Serling action figure.
Striking it Rich
Nick Lehr buys scratch tickets for the same reason he used to collect baseball cards—the pursuit of the big score.
Boys
No, You’re Not Crazy, You’re Just Young
In response to unwanted loitering by young people, a neighborhood installs a device that emits an unpleasant sound that only they can hear.
Do Superheroes Make Boys Batty?
Young boys might be getting more from the latest Spiderman movie than a Halloween costume and a penchant for climbing all over the furniture.
