Tips for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Dietary
Published: Good Men Project (May 16, 2015) co-author: Liskula Cohen Liskula Cohen discusses the dietary changes she’s had to make as a result of being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. On April 10th of this year, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This may seem like an unorthodox subject for a men’s website – after all, MS impacts two to three times more women than men. That said, there...
Bangladesh’s government is stealing land from its citizens
Published: Quartz (May 15, 2015) I hadn’t spoken to my friend Raad since our undergraduate days at Bard College, in New York, nearly a decade ago. But as I listened to her father’s story, it quickly became apparent why she had spent the past few days frantically contacting friends who worked in the media. “I’m a 70 year-old man and the police officers put their guns right against my chest and...
A Man and His Dog: The Story of Bixby
Published: Good Men Project (May 14, 2015) The Good Men Project interviews Mike Minnick, who has been cycling across America with his dog Bixby. Have you heard about the cyclist who’s been crisscrossing America with his dog in tow? His name is Mike Minnick, and four years ago he was in a very different place, both literally and figuratively. As he describes it, he was “stuck in a tiresome job in...
5 Chris Christie scandals that are even bigger than #Bridgegate
Published: Daily Dot (May 13, 2015), Daily Dot (May 13, 2015) Last week, a Monmouth University poll found that 50 percent of New Jersey’s adults believed Chris Christie was personally involved in the ongoing #Bridgegate scandal, a massive PR nightmare that's become synonymous with his career and likely nixed his chances of ever running for president....
7 Ways To Stop Worrying
Published: Good Men Project (May 12, 2015) Matthew Rozsa’s seven tips on how to stop worrying and start living. —- While I’ve written before about suffering from anxiety, there is more to worrying than the extremes of a neurotic condition or panic attack. Most of us deal with worries large and small every day, from mundane errands that loom ahead and ongoing problems that need to be solved to...
The Wonders of Being Bearded
Published: Good Men Project (May 9, 2015) Matthew Rozsa offers a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the wonders of having a beard. — Bearded men of the world, rejoice: Our name has been cleared! Many of us were understandably concerned earlier this week when a nasty little hoax made its rounds online impugning our good name. “Some beards are so full of poo they are as dirty as toilets” the...
5 reasons America needs to support water policy reform
Published: Daily Dot (May 8, 2015) Right now, more than a billion people live without access to fresh water. When the number is expanded to include those who spend at least one month out of the year without fresh water, it comprises more than one-third of the world population. Even though water covers 71 percent of our planet’s surface, very little of it can be used by humans. “More than 97...
We should be sending drug addicts to the hospital, not putting them in prison
Published: Daily Dot (May 7, 2015) At a time when Americans are justifiably shown real stories of police violence and racial profiling, it’s important to give credit to the law enforcement officials working to change our current system of brutality. That’s why we should all be praising the Gloucester Police Department in Massachusetts for its bold new anti-drug program: Instead of hauling drug...
Men Crying: Should We Be Ashamed?
Published: Good Men Project (May 7, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores an unusual aspect of the question: Why aren’t men supposed to cry? A funny thing happened on the way to my thirties: I’ve started crying again. This would normally be the part of the editorial in which I’d denounce our culture’s inability to differentiate between masculinity and mindless machismo, followed by a discussion of how...
The real reason Mike Huckabee keeps running for president
Published: Daily Dot (May 6, 2015) Shortly after Mike Huckabee ended his campaign for president in 2008, he began another career—this time as the host of his very own show on Fox News. If you want to understand Huckabee’s reason for making a recent entry into the 2016 race, you must start by recognizing that being an Also Ran can be very, very profitable. After all, Huckabee’s chances of...
Feeling Like a Child in the World of Pop Culture
Published: Good Men Project (May 5, 2015) It’s impossible to enjoy a movie or television show today quite as much as you did when you were a child. Matthew Rozsa speculates as to why. Have you ever noticed that no one enjoys a movie quite like a child? Although I don’t have any kids myself, I’ve spent years chuckling at the great entertainment plight of those relatives and friends of mine...
The Relationship Lesson We Can All Learn From People Who Have Asperger’s
Published: Mic (May 4, 2015) "Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness." This quote, a favorite on the Internet, may be referring to the dating habits of the general population. But as someone who's grown up with Asperger's Syndrome, I find the quip uniquely fitting for the autistic community. Dating on the spectrum involves more darkness than usual. But despite the...
Stop calling the Baltimore protesters ‘thugs’
Published: Daily Dot (April 30, 2015) Language matters, and in light of how frequently the word “thug” is used as a substitute for outright racial slurs, it’s time for everyone to eliminate it from their vocabulary when discussing the Baltimore protests. It may not seem like a big deal that Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sent out a tweet referring to the predominantly African American...
Emperor Vespasian and the Art of Making Choices
Published: Good Men Project (April 30, 2015) Matthew Rozsa shares a brief story from Roman history to teach a life lesson. ___ Whenever I discover an anecdote from ancient history that offers a clear lesson for the present, my inner history nerd rejoices at the opportunity to share my latest find with anyone who might offer me their attention. Much as you, dear reader, are doing right now. Which...
5 ways to fix America’s crippling student debt problem
Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015) Back in 2011, Occupy Wall Street swept America due in large part to its members’ savvy use of social media (one professor of journalism even referred to the movement as a “hashtag revolt”). While no catchy Twitter slogan has yet been created for the student loan reform movement, the Internet is warming up to the cause in a similar fashion. “The federal...
5 reasons Marco Rubio will never be elected president
Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015) If the recent polls are to be believed, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is all but guaranteed to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. The Hill, a prominent Beltway blog, reports that Rubio is besting his Republican challengers in two different early polls, one from Fox News and the other from Quinnipac University. According to Fox, 13 percent of...
Social Reparations for Racist Incarceration: What Americans Owe Men Like Kalief Browder
Published: Good Men Project (April 28, 2015) Matthew Rozsa argues that it’s time for Americans to pay their debt to non-whites suffering from racial discrimination. If Americans truly wish to eradicate the scourge of racial oppression from our nation, we must start by paying our debts. Last week, The New Yorker obtained footage from two surveillance cameras that depicted the horror of Kalief...