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Growing Up A Son of Sarge
In this excerpt of Mark Shriver’s book, The Good Man, he salutes his Dad and remembers the perks of being the Sargent’s son. On March 22, 1976, my father dropped out of the race for the Democratic...
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TEX
Andy Hinds and his father share memories of Andy’s bootlegging, fist-fighting, cowboy grandfather, “Tex.” Originally appeared at BetaDad. My grandpa died when I was in college. I wouldn’t say that I...
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The Cold, Wet Nose of Acceptance
Arthur MacMaster struggles to accept himself as a man with a disability, but his dog doesn’t. I am a man. I have a disability. I am finding that these two facts about my life that should be separate...
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Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living
How can practicing Buddhism save you from a burning wreck? “Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances,” Allan Lokos writes in“Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living.” “Forgive me,...
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The Mayor of the Locker Room [Fiction]
“His position is unofficial and unpaid, but nevertheless he takes the post seriously.” Fiction from Max Ross. The sauna was too hot, and the Mayor of the Locker Room was displeased. Evidently someone...
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How to Become a Warrior
The warrior is sensitive enough to discern truth, and has the courage to stand up for it. Are you tough enough to be a warrior? Probably not … at least, not if you define your toughness as a man by...
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Tough Guy
Mike O’Shea was a physically powerful and courageous man, but what made him a hero to his lifelong friend, Andrew Cotto, was his capacity for love. Imagine my anguish. It was the first day of a recent...
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Mental Toughness Has Nothing to Do with Being a Hardass
Learn the difference between mastery and suppression of your feelings. John, a 48 year old business executive, learned long ago from his father to cowboy up, stop crying and to control his emotions....
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When a Man’s Responsibility Has Gone, What Is There Left for Him?
Men keep going out of a sense of duty. What happens when that’s no longer enough? I lay under the duvet cover screaming, screaming out loud. I could feel the break coming. I felt helpless and hopeless...
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How MMA Fighter G-Money Deals with Down’s Syndrome: He Ignores It [Video]
Garrett “G-Money” Holeve fights as hard as any man, and harder than most. Read more on Male Toughness on The Good Life.
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From the Office Where Soldiers Kill
Does it take a special kind of courage to be a combat soldier—who pulls the trigger from an office, thousands of miles away? I think it was the scent of the oregano growing in my garden that triggered...
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Why Pain Is a Wonderful Thing
Don’t kill the messenger: pain is also the source of compassion. The other day, I was running on the beach and a piece of glass sliced into the sole of my foot. Immediately, I winced and stopped to...
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Coup d’État
A missionary growing his first chin hairs comes face to face with revolutionary soldiers in the Dominican Republic. The summer after my freshman year in high school I was able to grow my first bit of...
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Drink Like a Union Man
Jesse Kornbluth learns to suck it up like the big boys. In my parents’ house, alcohol was for goyim. On rare occasions, my mother took a nip of Manischewitz Cream Red Concord—“a sweet but balanced...
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Is American Hyphenated?
An Aussie soldier challenges his Yank counterpart to drop the hyphen from his American identity. 2310 Hours, Dec. 26, 1968 10 Gaerloch Ave., Tamarama Beach Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ian, the...
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What Are You Prepared to Do?
In case of a violent attack, J. A. Drew Diaz says that it’s time to embrace the corollary to the Boy Scout motto: be prepared to fight back. Hmmmmm. Police Now Advise Assertive Response to Mass...
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The Strength of Submission
At first, John Edale worried about sharing this private aspect of his life in a blog, but has found that coming out as submissive has unexpected benefits. BDSM is big business these days. Random...
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Victor Rivers is Not a Woman
The former Dolphins player smashes stereotypes of men and boys as victims of domestic violence. — The current trend, well, obsession, in public schools is with standardized testing. I teach high...
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