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We picked up our political beliefs somewhere. From books we read, from how we grew up, from what…
When Bessie Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s mother, was 68 years old, she saw an ad on television for…
We talked recently about Springsteen’s choice for parents: Will you be an ancestor or a ghost? Haunt them…
You’re stressed. You’re busy. You have so much on your plate. Time to read? Other than kids books?…
After a long and arduous hunt, Theodore Roosevelt finally got the bull caribou he had been tracking. “It…
This whole thing can go by so fast. Because you have so much going on. Because you feel…
Marcus Aurelius’s father died when he was young. But then this young boy who was cursed by tragedy…
Lyndon Johnson grew up poor. Like, log cabin, almost 19th century poor. He was not, like his future…
If you’re in your 30s, then your parents raised you through the global financial crisis, SARS, the bursting of the tech bubble, and 9/11. They…
You are at the beach with your kids. You have your ice chest that’s got speakers in it. You have the phone Bluetoothing the newest…
As fathers, especially dads with young kids, most of the reading we do is to our kids. Reading for ourselves? Who has the time? We…
Very few of us are lucky enough to go into fatherhood thinking, “I’m going to do everything exactly like my parents did.” Looking back on…
Your job today as a father is to do one thing. It’s to read this poem, which dates back to 1895, and then to think…
These are strange times to be a father. Fathers have never been expected to do more—around the house, in their children’s lives. This is wonderful….
Seeing your own parents now, as an adult, is stressful. There’s a great Ram Dass line that the comedian Pete Holmes has used in relation…
People are freaked out. Events are cancelled. Schools have been let out. You’re working from home, or, at least, not going out like you used…
Do you know the story of Cincinnatus? He was a Roman general who had retired to his farm until he was called to rescue his…
It’s in moments like these—a pandemic or a hurricane or a terrorist attack—that we fathers are thrown back into a more primal role. Yes, there…
We’re going to tackle all the big themes of our time and of all time: Grit. Resilience. Curiosity. Compassion. Character. Unconditional love. Finding purpose. Dealing with stress. Masculinity. Female empowerment. Loss. Stillness. Truthfulness. Initiative. Creativity. Passion. Family. Fun.
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