Benjamin Franklin
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Finding Atonement in the #MeToo Era
There is no greater act of love than to hold someone accountable for their mistakes.
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Live like Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin had a rigid schedule and something must have been right, he was instrumental in developing our country and a savvy businessman. Tim Goessling at the Good Men Project decided to live a day according to Franklin’s schedule. “Upon…
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On Being A “Vile, Loathsome, Despicable Pig”
Via Verge‘s best-of-2012 list, here’s an essay by Meghan Daum about the lakes of vitriol that make up so many online comments sections. She compares the unfavorable reaction to a somewhat naïve piece she wrote about safe sex in the ’90s…
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The Blurb #11: A Fresh Eye
Why do so many of us, as readers or maybe as a society, assume that originality springs forth out of nothing, although at the same time we understand that every idea, every story, has a precedent?