Embracing Destruction
How do we learn to take decisive action? —When I was in the fourth grade, I broke a kid’s glasses.I don’t remember much about the whole affair; I remember catching the football, but I don’t remember...
View ArticleEntire Oklahoma Town Flattened by Tornado
After the giant tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, Melissa Newton and city manager Steven Eddy talk about being in the middle of the destruction.There are no recognizable structures left in...
View ArticleWar, What’s It Good For? Absolutely Nothin’
Oil is a filthy vicious sludge. War is a filthy vicious game with deadly consequences. And oil doesn’t make sense like war doesn’t make sense, writes Giovanni Barbieri.—-Oil and war seem to go...
View ArticleA Walk Through the Alberta Tar Sands
A modern version of hell in Canada.—-From the vestibule of my tent, I put on tennis shoes caked with Athabascan mud. Yesterday’s rain turned parts of the campground along Gregoire Lake into a slick...
View Article“Anger is an excuse for, rather than a cause of, abusive behavior.”
This comment was from Kelly on the post “Control the Anger or Lose the Relationship“.Anger is an excuse for, rather than a cause of, abusive behavior. We all feel angry. We don’t all choose to...
View ArticleFirst Rule of War: Don’t Target Civilians, Especially Women & Children
War is insanity and brings about pain, death and misery. Peace equals life, prosperity and happiness. What do you choose?War is hell. It is a blind exercise in mayhem, death and misery for generations...
View ArticleUse Government to Save Lives and Minimize Destruction?
One example where Government helps minimize the horrific results of Mother Nature’s awesome power, saves lives, limits destruction and supports recovery.—Last Sunday night Northern California...
View ArticleOne Man Spent Two Years on a Creation Destruction Ritual
Circle of Abstract Ritual took 300,000 photos of riots, wildfires, paintings in abandoned houses–two years and zero graphics to make.–––“The idea I wanted to explore was the creation of culture as a...
View ArticleRabbits
Lauren Camp’s poem points to the surprise intersection of destruction and tenderness, a place that some men have surely occupied at some point or another.—Rabbits One Sunday morning I was digging a...
View Article8 Bullying Myths Every Parent Needs to Master
Bullied as a child, Tor Constantino shares hard-won insights to shatter misconceptions and help parents handle bullying more effectively.___My family moved around a lot when I was growing up.Every two...
View ArticleMan Versus Earth
—Motivational poet and speaker Prince EA has some thoughts . . .◊♦◊ ◊♦◊YouTube: Prince EA The post Man Versus Earth appeared first on The Good Men Project.
View ArticleBombs Away
Once Upon A Time…Remembering historical events and considering their significance for families todaySince 1942, the United States has conducted approximately 1,045 nuclear weapons tests. To name a...
View ArticleThis Footage Of Wildfires Raging Outside Of Los Angeles Is Pure Insanity
Los Angeles hasn’t gotten away unscathed, as this commuter’s video shows a mountain of flames raging off a major highway. At least four homes have been destroyed and now the Getty Center art complex...
View ArticleUnstoppable Wave of Lava Turns a Car Into Dust in Hawaii
Over the past week, Hawaii’s Kilauea has been spewing lava, forcing residents to evacuate as the lava has devoured everything in its path. This time-lapse shows the slow, but unstoppable power of the...
View Article4 Steps To Manage Anger
— Editor’s note: This article should not be interpreted as medical advice. You should seek professional support if you are experiencing severe anger or mental health issues. — Anger is destructive...
View ArticleThe Emotionally Searing Experience of Notre Dame Burning
Nothing is truly permanent. Nothing is guaranteed. Not our own lives. Not those who are most dear to us, the center of our lives. Not our most treasured artifacts and buildings, no matter how large and...
View ArticleWe Can’t Breathe
Malls are closed. Offices are closed. Beaches are closed, but racism never takes a day off. By now, millions have seen the video filmed by African-American birder and New York Audubon Society board...
View ArticleHard Manliness
— How much “hard manliness” is rampant in the politics of your homeland? “History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard...
View ArticleThe Cure of the Earth
The Amazon is one of the most intensely alive places on Earth. I won’t bore you with a rendition of its ecological services, nor its role in anchoring the planet’s patterns of rainfall. Nor will I...
View ArticleGame of Thrones’ White Walkers: Who They Are & What They Represent
Who are the White Walkers on Game of Thrones? What do they want? And what’s the deeper significance George R.R. Martin is getting at? Whether they represent fate, death, winter or climate change, the...
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