Career Lessons From Fred The Pharmacist
This is not the story of a man starting out with one store and turning it into an empire. It is the story of a man who loved being a pharmacist so much that he refused to quit -- no matter what.
This is not the story of a man starting out with one store and turning it into an empire. It is the story of a man who loved being a pharmacist so much that he refused to quit -- no matter what.
Philip Smith | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
One day back in the 60s, my father, a high-society interior decorator with clients like the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti, suddenly discovered that he could talk to the dead and heal the sick.
Judy Wieder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
Deep in a rustic canyon, tucked away in the bedroom of his beautiful glass home, wrapped tightly in a hospice hospital bed, buried behind the damage of another stroke, my father is dying.
Tom Matlack | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
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.
Politics Daily | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Doctors in Britain have announced that they have figured out a process to transplant wombs that could result in healthy pregnancies -- and they estima...
Peggy Drexler | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
There is a difficult emotional terrain when a father's interest in his daughter's life extends to trying to control it. How does a daughter balance intimacy and independence?
Tom Matlack | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
Obama sets an example for the rest of us 40-something guys looking in the mirror asking ourselves those difficult questions how to move forward.
Rob Morrison | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York
There were times over the past year and a half that I cursed my stay-at-home status. Privately, I worried if I'd ever have the chance to resume my career.
Simon Carr | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
After my wife died the care and control of our five-year-old son fell to me. The idea of a man bringing up a young child was alien to the spirit of the age.
David Gray | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living
Work-life balance is a significant issue for most Americans. Polls show that more than 80% of Americans experience conflicts between their work and family lives. The impact on families is significant.
Tom Matlack | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
When I listen to Cole snore and stare up in the dark at the bottom of top bunk, my mind is empty of any thoughts.
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
Meetings will foster father-daughter communication, help fathers understand the value and dignity of their daughters and will keep fathers accountable.
Juliet Linley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living
I've decided fathers fall into two categories here in Italy: Caretaker Daddies and Caregiver Daddies.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
Marc Gunther's father died -- and the appreciation by Marc is well worth reading.
Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media
Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.
usnews.com | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
The Obama administration is taking its effort to promote responsible fatherhood, which it launched with a White House town hall event just before Fath...
Tom Matlack | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
The male stick figures presented by popular culture, often either Navy Seal macho or Two and a Half Men ignorant, confuse our boys.
Juliet Linley | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
Why aren't babies in Italy allowed to be babies anymore? Why are they made to feel that seeking the comfort of mummy is something to be ashamed of and scoffed at?
Juliet Linley | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
So many people have children, but are determined said kids won't "control" their lives. In other words, I will not sacrifice my freedom for this clinging, helpless creature. I cannot give up my career for a child. The child must adapt to me.
Tom Matlack | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment
Alec is the poster boy for our humanity as men, guys struggling--despite our many problems--to do the right thing.
Jill Brooke | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
A growing trend shows that many men become better parents post-divorce, to the surprise of ex-wives who find it difficult to grasp that a man who wasn't a good husband can indeed be a good father.
Tom Matlack | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
Walking down the beach with Cole to look for crabs in a tidal pool, I realize that, a decade later, I have finally re-created what in my prior life had looked so good on the outside but had no structural integrity.
Trevor Traina | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
Forget about premature balding or a dating-age daughter -- few things terrify most married men more than the idea of getting a minivan.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
As more women raise boys alone, the fathers of those women are moving to a different place in boy's lives. They can fill the missing pieces in ways that no one outside the family can.
Patrick Boyle | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
Our 6-year-old is enforcing the law from her booster seat again. Who got the bright idea to build Jaycie's literacy skills by encouraging her to read road signs?
Fawn Germer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living