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Chivalry Is Not Dead

I began updating blog posts and checking for broken links as part of my effort to reengage myself with Man-o-pause.com. I just added photos to a series of posts I wrote in 2005 on Masculine Virtues, so imagine my surprise when today I read that 60 Minutes, the popular news... Read more →

Are You My Father?

In honor of Father's Day, I'm reposting one of my favorite posts from 2007. I believe that fatherhood requires more than contributing DNA. To all the unsung heroes out there, this one's for you. Newly hatched sea turtles possess instinctual survival behaviors that cause them to pop up through the... Read more →

Men Make a Personal Effort in 2013

On the Everyman blog, David suggests this new year to resolve simply to make a personal effort for your own good and the good of “the status of men.” Here are my two favorite suggestions he offers. Read more →

A Few Good Men

When of the great things about social media is that I discover new people and ideas every day. The downside of all this is that I'm still in my pajamas at 10:40 a.m. Nevertheless, here's a piece of writing from musician, Philip Stephen Allen, on his blog, The Compass of... Read more →

A Road Map for Personal Growth

I discovered a wonderful new blogger, whose writing rivals the wisdom of elders. He embodies the virtues of a man not often seen in one so young. His stated purpose is "to aid you in realizing your dreams and then creating an efficient path to take you there. I truly... Read more →

Family Disses MLK's Memory

Words cannot express the profound sense of outrage I feel about the recent betrayal of Harry Belafonte after the family of Martin Luther King Jr. stopped him from auctioning off valuable personal papers of the late Dr. King. Dr. King's Documents Withdrawn From Auction (The New York Times) is a... Read more →

Injustice in the Justice System: The Shame of Juvenile Incarceration Statistics prove it; recent events in Jena, LA confirm it. USA Today's editorial, "In La., a missed opportunity ignites a racial uproar," (10/05/2007), fulfills its mission "to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the... Read more →

Male Self Acceptance

Helping to get in touch with one's masculinity was the purpose of the blog, The New Bloke. He is (was) a man with self confidence who advocates that men do blokey stuff. (Bloke is UK-speak for a "guys guy".) "Blokeyness is about being an everyday male. It has become almost... Read more →