My First Loves Were A Glove and A Ballot.
Paul Blest on the Phillies, Barack Obama, and one incredible week in 2008. —I remember the first baseball game I ever saw. I was six years old, watching the Atlanta Braves play the Montreal Expos on...
View ArticleVIDEO OF THE WEEK – Kevin Spacey Tears Washington To Shreds
House of Cards star riffs on Congress. —-Legendary actor Kevin Spacey appeared on the Daily Show this past Tuesday. He discussed his preparation for the show, which included shadowing Republican...
View Article“Happy Cows” Video, Masculinity, and Why I’m a Vegetarian
Paul Blest on vegetarianism, gender roles, and a video of some really happy cows.—I don’t want to reduce a major part of my personal philosophy to selections from YouTube, but I’ll admit it: I’m a...
View ArticleConservative Lawmakers And Arizona Businesses Urge Governor To Veto Anti-Gay...
Business pushes back as support starts to grow for a national boycott of Arizona.—This post orginally appeared on ThinkProgress.By Zach FordThe national spotlight is now shining on Arizona as Gov. Jan...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Three Revolutions With A College Professor and Pretty Great...
Dr. Joel Tannenbaum helps me understand what the hell is going on. –Ukraine, Venezuela, and Thailand have all been mired in political uncertainty and widespread protests since late last year, and...
View ArticleWelcome To The New Cold War
Russia’s invasion of Crimea is a new chapter in American-Russian relations, and the same old story for former Soviet republics.—-Before I begin one of the many pieces of media you’re going to consume...
View ArticleSen. Lindsey Graham Compares Ukraine To, You Guessed It, Benghazi
You have to admire his devotion.–Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent out a tweet today comparing what’s going on in Ukraine to Benghazi. Seriously. Not from his personal Twitter, or campaign Twitter,...
View ArticleHow To Undermine Your Party’s Most Convincing Argument In Two Easy Steps
Congressman Alan Grayson and how to blow a hole through the party line. —No matter what end of the political spectrum you’re on, there’s at least two truths in 2014. One – time is a flat circle. The...
View ArticleCan Federal Prison Reform Actually Happen?
Most of the major players seem to be on board. Will prison reform succeed where other big ideas have failed?–The Good Men Project has recently been aiming our sights on prison reform, with a live...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann Thinks The Gay Community Is A Bunch of “Bullies”
In Michele Bachmann’s America, the LGBTQ community is a mafia. –As we get deeper into primary season, and start to reach that critical point where everyone in America is sick of hearing about the...
View ArticleAmerica’s Sexual Dysfunction Problem
Our culture has a serious, childish issue with sex.–On Sunday night, I was treated to the news via Facebook that a drunken couple at my alma mater, the University of Delaware, had sex behind a...
View ArticleThe Swift and Quiet Death of ‘Loyal Opposition’
Here’s to wishing the Democratic opposition to Iraq took a page from Lindsey Graham’s playbook.–Loyal opposition – a minority party esp. in a legislative body whose opposition to the party in power...
View ArticleFour Other Presidents Who Weren’t Able To ‘Combat Russian Aggression’
The Kremlin’s hardline foreign policy is not a problem unique to Barack Obama. —-Today, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) wrote in a National Review op-ed that, although he agrees with the new sanctions...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The DCCC
The depressing emails have got to stop. –Dear Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,Cut it out. I don’t mind the emails flooding my inbox every day or couple of days; it’s the spring before an...
View ArticleStart the Conversation: Law Enforcement Should Not Be Able to Carry Guns Into...
Politics Editor Paul Blest thinks the current conversation about guns is disingenuous. It’s time to change that.–Starting the Conversation will be a new periodic section at the Good Men Project aimed...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Tragedies
Paul Blest on two heartwrenching tragedies and what we can learn from them. –April 10th, 2014 Yesterday, we were shocked and saddened by the terrible events at Franklin Regional High School in...
View ArticleA Fifteen Year Old Trans Girl In A Men’s Prison? Are You Kidding Me?
In what world is it okay to throw a fifteen year old girl in a men’s prison? Not one that I want to be apart of.–Al-Jazeera America is reporting on an especially disturbing story this week coming out...
View ArticleThe Fatal Flaw of Men’s Rights Activists
The men’s rights movement is a reactionary, desperate attempt to hold onto social and political power.—Last week, a pair of articles on the popular website Thought Catalog dealing with “female...
View ArticleWas Jill Abramson Ousted Because She Wanted Equal Pay?
The New York Times’ decision to fire its executive editor is another in a long line of questionable moves involving discrimination.On Wednesday, The New York Times fired executive editor Jill Abramson...
View ArticleMichael Brown Was a Better Man Than I Am
Paul Blest recognizes that didn’t matter that Michael Brown was a more driven, responsible kid than he was at his age. The only thing that mattered to that officer, and society at large, was his...
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