Fragile men had no place in Western American history stories about the savage frontier and cruel hardships. Nor in the early industrialization with mighty oil, steel, and railroad barons casting their deepening shadows across the land. Writers found other virtues to extoll other than common frailties. The western frontier needed stories of valor and sacrifice […]
GUN SAFETY NOT ABOUT JUDGEMENT: AN OPINION
Gun safety means good gun owners who know what guns are for and how they work. What they’re not for? Mass shootings in schools, churches, grocery stores, or massage parlors. What guns are for?
HATEFUL MAN: WHEN IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW
Does a nice man turn into a hateful man overnight? Or does it take time. Older men feel a certain pressure, a weight building. When it all goes wrong, when negative experiences stack up and fall over, hate splatters everything around them. Maybe you know a hateful man? Used to know a hateful man?
FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG
Ten years later our sister showed up for family pictures. Until then it was all boys. Fathers of an all boy family have problems with their Boys Club. If the boys grow up to be bad men, it’s on the them. Good men? Lucky they had such a good mom. Does that sound right? A […]