Tom Matlack On What Makes A Good Man
What does it mean to be a good man? The question preoccupied venture capitalist Tom Matlack so much that he founded The Good Men Project.
What does it mean to be a good man? The question preoccupied venture capitalist Tom Matlack so much that he founded The Good Men Project.
The Good Men Project | Posted 01.14.2012
Tom Matlack laments that more men interest themselves in reviews of computer games than accounts of goodness. He also laments that he's aggravating th...
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
Men are often portrayed as lacking self-awareness, but the men I know have ongoing discussions with themselves about faith, goodness, fear and what they should really be doing with their lives.
Tom Matlack | Posted 06.08.2011
Beyond serving a destination for horny young men, I've always been skeptical about women's colleges.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
What does it mean to be a good man? I am admitting here, for my grandfather's sake, that the answer is not as straightforward as I'd once imagined.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
So as much as it makes us uncomfortable, guys, we all have to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, "What is going on? Why do we love guns and violence so much?"
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
The Pat Tillman Foundation is a national leader in providing resources and educational support to veterans, active service members and their dependents.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
I firmly believe that "goodness" is like faith--I shouldn't tell you what yours should look like, and you shouldn't tell me what mine should look like.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
Many of us grow up being told--by our dads, our older brothers, our coaches--that we shouldn't cry, and that if we do we certainly shouldn't admit to it. That's bullshit, obviously.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
I'm not afraid to say, "I love you." I live in a home with four women--my wife and three daughters --and they've taught me about romance, affection, etc.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
In moments of self-imposed hatred, I see my son's baby blues. Nothing else matters. All concern drops. Where does that light come from?
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
John Edwards, Tiger Woods, Jesse James, and our obsession with their bad behavior, are a symptom of a much deeper problem that the Groundhog Day feel of the news should shake us all to consider.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
This author's touchstone of faith, unplugging and serenity has always been physical contact with his kids.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
My grandfather first came to Lake Megunticook, just outside the picturesque sailing village of Camden, with my great-grandparents in the mid-1910s, when the local salesmen in the family paint business recommended "A place on the pond."
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
We worked hard, not so much to condition our bodies but to condition our minds. The payoff was that this development of the mind could be applied to any situation in life later on, whether on or off the water.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
Lying in bed that night, I felt euphoria at having reached across what seemed an unbridgeable chasm. I didn't expect the inmates to feel compassion for me or to get anything out of my story. But they did.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
I met Elena on June 3, 2002 on a blind date. I suggested lunch in a safe location, one where either of us could bolt. I looked up and saw a few white wispy clouds and a finger-nail moon hanging in the blue sky.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
He was sleep-deprived, had been put in isolation and sexually humiliated.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
This is what I am. I have no idea what you call it. But I believe in all of this. None of it is an accident. This is my religion.
Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011
One-on-one basketball is the ultimate measure of a man. And despite having 4 inches and 50 pounds on my son, on this day he proved himself to be the larger man.
Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011
To be honest, my expectations of a broad-ranging interview with the icon-maker, Shepard Fairey, were not high. I was moderating a panel on manhood be...
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
Thirteen years ago, I had been kicked out of the house for being a drunk and a liar. I had just been the chief financial officer of a billion-dollar enterprise, and I had two baby children and a heap of problems.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
The continued revelations about Tiger Woods are crushing because his public persona was so perfectly manicured. We loved his goodness as much as his swing. We must look deeply in the mirror as men.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011
Just as Kate Hudson accused men of being interested only in sex and sandwiches, 500 men and women packed the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston to discuss the complexities of modern manhood.
Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011
Having read Andre Agassi's recently published autobiography, Open, I am in full-fledged love with the man.
Debra Ollivier | Posted 02.07.2012