Maybe the answer is for all of us to unplug completely for a day, a week, or even a month. Maybe we should declare technology-free days to promote human connections.
Tom Matlack asked guys what makes them feel connected to other men. The good news? Not a single man said "chest bumps."
The moment of silence always ends. I meet someone new. The impulse to move, to do, to strive, overcomes my body once again. The sun comes out. My world becomes busy and loud again. Until the next rain.
At the Good Men Project Magazine, we want to believe that there are a few good men in politics. We need to believe it. So we spent the last few months looking for them.
When Abrigal Forrester got out of prison, he immediately got a job as a janitor at MIT, and ultimately became Program Coordinator for Street Safe Boston, an organization working to reduce violence in the most dangerous areas of the city.
We polled political observers across the country, scouring our nation for that one thing that public opinion seems to be sure was lost: a good man politician.
Even in my most desperate moments, when I was ready to embrace religion, I still couldn't figure out which one I belonged to.
