Marriage leads to gun freedom
My latest article on The Good Men Project, titled Marriage Leads to Gun Freedom, considers a man I knew from my time in Austria, 1996-1999. Those were very important years in my personal growth, and...
View ArticleMy life was once a Tom Waits song…
There is a large gap in the story I’m presenting in my latest article on The Good Men Project. It’s titled Missing the Days Before You Were Married, and recounts a conversation I had with a young man...
View ArticleWhat leads us to our lovers?
I hope you’ll check out my latest Good Men Project article, titled What Led You To Her. It’s a meditation on the decisions we make in the earliest years of our lives that lead us to the conditions when...
View ArticleI bought beer for my high school students
I admit it. The secret has been with me so long. I must finally reveal the truth. You’ve wondered what kind of person buys teenage boys beer? Look no further. I’m the guy. Read the shocking truth here....
View ArticleFlooding damage
I had a clogged sewage pipe. The basement flooded, about five inches of water. All sorts of stuff needs to be discarded: rugs, mattresses, clothes. But there are two things that just ripped my heart to...
View ArticleIllness and the American Mind
Back in 1996, I was living in Linz, Austria where I had made some British friends. They lived down the street from me in a dorm. One afternoon, I was in their communal kitchen drinking tea and talking....
View ArticleRelief by Execution going out of print!
I’m sad to report that my memoir, which won Memoir Magazine’s Grand Prize, is going out of print. Those readers who always wished to pick one up but kept putting it off should still be able to buy a...
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