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I Played Prison Football and Lived to Write This
A new section of grass opened up an invitation to play some Yard football.— Wasco State Prison: Level III, Yard “A”Occupancy Design: 2980During Stay: 2900Today: 4957After five or so months several...
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The Child Is The Father To The Man
One of the songs Beth Hart did at the Highline surprised Jesse Kornbluth: “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know.” Now that was inside. And it reminded him to remind you…_____You don’t have to be old...
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Bill Maher: Is ISIS a Real Threat to the US or a Fool’s Errand?
Are we repeating a failed foreign policy and wasting immense resources (blood and treasure) better spent on challenges of Climate Change, Unemployment, Income Inequality, Clean Food and Environment…?...
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An Opening
Kenny Fries writes of injuries both physical and spiritual, and “openings” which are simultaneously literal and metaphoric.—An OpeningI know there are reasonsfor the breaking of my skin,for my blood...
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Ten Seventeenth-Century Remedies You’d Probably Want to Avoid
Dr. Alun Withey takes on old medical advice that might not be so advantageous for your health today.___Whilst I strongly advocate not poking fun at the medical beliefs and practices of our ancestors,...
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Love is Thicker…
A lineage snapped at the neck…— Do you want to be part of creating a kinder, more inclusive society?Join like-minded individuals in The Good Men Project Community.—Video: YouTube/Button Poetry The...
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Cancer: Fate or Chance?
I recently came across an article titled “JAK2 V617F clonal disorders: fate or chance?” in the latest issue of Blood. It set my mind drifting back to an old yet familiar place.It’s a very useful study...
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Gay Men Still Can’t Give Blood — Tom Price Could Keep It That Way
Embed from Getty ImagesBy The Queerty EditorsImagine if you had the power to help save over a million lives a year, but the government was like, “nah, better not. Too gay.”That’s what’s been going on...
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Trump’s Blood Obsession is Nothing New to People With HIV
Embed from Getty Images—By Mark KingIt is coursing through our veins, sustaining life and fighting disease, and yet we fear it. The sight of a few drops can make an adult faint. A bucket of it in a...
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Lawrence Hill, De-Humanization, Purity, Impurity, and Blood: The Stuff of Life
Embed from Getty Images—Lawrence Hill is one of Canada’s most distinguished and published authors. In this extensive interview, we discuss everything in Hill’s purview. In his words, “I have to say...
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Professor Mark Haden, One Country, Canada, and World Leaders
Embed from Getty Images—I interview friends, colleagues, and experts, on harm reduction and its implications in Canadian society, from the theory to the practice, to the practical. I am a...
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The Cut
Portraits of the PatriarchyFather Time examines the progressive shift in modern fatherhoodPart 10The procedure was transactional—like getting a haircut, except the cutting was happening nowhere near...
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Punch Me in the Face: The Sobering Confessions of a Man
Why does it seem like manliness hinges on being able to physically dominate each other? This article originally appeared at The Dignified Devil and Rebel Magazine.Have you ever wanted to punch someone...
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Letters to my Sons … about Family
The Tree from Which You Came,The Stage on Which you Act Imagine an enormous tree, one with a thick trunk and tall branches stretching out in all directions. On each branch are smaller branches, and on...
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Enter, Father
The Magical Moment Checking in at the triage ward of the Women and Children’s hospital is a moment of reckoning for a man. It means you’ve arrived with the mother of your child to bring said child into...
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Blood Tells
— There have only been two times in my life when I’ve had blood drawn: 32 years ago when Len and I got married (it was a requirement back in the day), and this past November. Suffice it to say that...
View ArticleThe Excretory System: From Your Heart to the Toilet – CrashCourse Biology #29
— Hank takes us on the fascinating journey through our excretory system to learn how our kidneys make pee. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8bCC References...
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Another Small Victory for Aging Mice
— Here is startling news from the world of science. Hey, Brother can You Spare A Couple of Units of A Positive? Three separate studies confirm that infusing elderly mice with the blood of younger, more...
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In the Blood
In the middle of the night young Sarah (Heidi Hayes) wakes from a nightmare. Her father, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) comforts her saying, “There are no such thing as monsters ” Director David...
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Blood Moon, Explained
Tonight is the Blood Moon, which sounds bad, (there are few ways to make it sound pleasant, “oh, would you like a Blood Moon Pie to go with your RC Cola, Bobby?” “Shine on, shine on harvest Blood Moon...
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