Questions Needed for Blog Talk Radio on Men's Issues

I will be a guest on Amy Alkon's radio show on Sunday , January 1st at 4:30 Eastern and our topic will be men's issues with a focus ...

I read a post over at Amy Alkon's blog entitled "Muzzling Men" that really made my blood boil, and it should make yours boil ...

"You Have to Practice Happiness."

Amy Alkon has a good interview up with psychologist Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky on her book The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the L...

Merry Christmas!

I Have a Dream

I wonder what would happen if the media treated the Republicans and Libertarians as well as they treated Democrats for one year? Some negat...

Why Kris Humphries Should Serve as a Role Model for Men

It's better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!- Emiliano Zapata (and others) and later Kris Humphries when talking to...

Is a Good Blogger Thick-skinned or Well-Read or Both?

Do you think that a book on the technique of blogging can help you be a better blogger? I'm not so sure but I did pick up a copy of Writ...

"A Geek's Dream Come True"

I am reading a new magazine by O'Reilly Media called MAKE: Technology on Your Time. It's a quarterly magazine put out for those who...

Carrie L. Lukas, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex And Feminism has a post up entitled "Pro-Male Affirmative Ac...

Gifts for Boys and Teens

Are you looking for a fun toy for the boy or teen on your list? Here are the most popular ones that readers have been buying up from Amazon:...

" It’s not our cultural programming that sets our standards for beauty; it is our instinct."

I am reading a book by Michael and Mary Eades called The 6-Week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle: The Simple Plan to Flatten Your Belly Fast!...

Is Physical Strength the Most Important Thing in Life?

Glenn received a copy of Mark Rippetoe's updated new book Starting Strength, 3rd edition in the mail this week and I couldn't resi...

The Solution: Stop Nagging and Treat Husbands with More Respect

A reader (thanks!) sent me a link to a CNN article by Martha Brockenbrough, author of Things That Make Us (Sic): The Society for the Promoti...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a great time today, whether hanging out alone or with family and friends. We will be enjoying my husband Glenn's lam...

If "all men are pigs," why is a pig's life worth more than a man's?

It's interesting that a woman is facing 50 years in prison for decapitating her boyfriend's piglet but if she killed him, she would...

I was reading the Globe and came across an article about actor James Garner and a new book on his life called The Garner Files: A Memoir. ...

Dr. Wes: Pacing without wires.

Is "Forever Lazy" the Future of Adult Americans?

Has anyone out there seen this ridiculous commercial for "Forever Lazy" that advertises adult fleece pajamas made to keep you war...

Mental Health Cuts in the News

Today, I have seen several news stories about cuts in mental health. On CBS news, there is a slide show with the top 15 states that have cu...

Conservatives: Don't Play into Alinsky's Hands

Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. You can kill them with this... Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals I read with disappointmen...

Why was Sharon Bialek Fired?

After reading the news and watching the videos of Sharon Bialek, the Herman Cain accuser, I noticed that many of the articles mentioned th...

Most people have about 2 people they consider friends.

A new study shows that most people have only two good friends: About 48 percent of participants listed one name, 18 percent listed two, and...

Hottest Holiday Toys for 2011

Now that Halloween is past, there is more talk of Christmas and holiday gifts as retailers, I am sure, are desperate this year to increase t...

"But don't let it eat you up to the point it changes who you are."

Great advice from Rush Limbaugh to a young man who is sick and tired of all the freeloaders and moochers in our society.

Frank J, author of the upcoming e-book, Obama: The Greatest President in the History of Everything, has an amusing piece in the NY Pos...

Are Men Lonely at the Top?

I am reading a new book called Lonely at the Top: The High Cost of Men's Success written by psychologist Thomas Joiner. Initially I tho...

Michelle Tillis Lederman, author of The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Lik...

How to Break Bad Habits

I'm reading a helpful little book by Darren Hardy called The Compound Effect with the subtitle: "Jumpstart your income, your life...

Amazon cutting out publishers

I saw this New York Times article over at CNBC about Amazon publishing books directly with top authors: Amazon.com has taught readers that ...

"If I'd been kept in the dark by a federal task force, I might not have been here to write this."

A reader sent me an article from the Mercury News entitled "Milken: Why block a cancer test that saves lives?" The U.S. Preventive...

Do you have "Text Neck?"

I think I do. Not from texting, as I don't do much of that, but from the computer, writing, and using a calculator constantly. After rea...

Most amusing comment I've read about the "Occupy Wall Street activists"

The easiest way to make them shut up and go home is to offer them work involving honest, physical labor. They will scatter like the cockroac...

The Secret of Selling Anything

I am reading Harry Browne's book The Secret of Selling Anything. Actually, it's an old book that he wrote years ago and after his d...

New Back-Up Blog

Hi all, I am having trouble yet again with Blogger locking me out of my account due to my password being changed. I have a back-up blog now ...

"How to Win a Fight" is out today

I wanted to let readers know that Larwence Kane and Kris Wilder’s new book How to Win a Fight: A Guide to Avoiding and Surviving Violence ...

"Like reverse sexism, this belittling of men seems to be 100 percent acceptable."

The Anchoress pointed out an interesting article called "Shrews" by Katrina Fernandez: Without getting into a lengthy dissertat...

Andrew Klavan has an interesting post up on the book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength .

Is Television Portraying Men in a Better Light?

I wondered about this as I watched the new show last night "Person of Interest." The show is about a different person each week wh...

How to Win a Fight or Dodge a Lawsuit?

Which is more important? I thought about this question as I read through a new book on fighting called How to Win a Fight: A Guide to Avoidi...

Is Modern-Day Wheat Dangerous?

I am in the middle of a book called Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health. I have always wondered...

What's Wrong with being an Alpha Male?

Apparently, a lot according to this Wall Street Journal article entitled "Are Alpha Males Healthy?": It isn't easy being an a...

Gary Wickert at PJM: "Defining ‘Fair’ in Obama’s ‘Paying a Fair Share’ Rhetoric."

The new Almanac of American Politics

Today, I flipped through a new copy of Michael Barone's The Almanac of American Politics 2012. The Almanac is amazing as it profiles ev...

John Hawkins interviews Lee Doren about his new ebook Please Enroll Responsibly: Avoiding Indoctrination at College.

"Feminism can be thought of as like a corporation."

Barbara Oakley, author of Cold-Blooded Kindness, is interviewed at Times Higher Education : "Feminism can be thought of as like a corp...

Does the College Essay Suck the Life Out of Boys?

So it's pouring rain here in Knoxville and I spent the afternoon reading a terrific book called Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in G...

John Hawkins at PJM Lifestyle: "Quit Your Terrible Job Now! 7 Tips for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs." A commenter to this post by th...

Mark Perry at Carpe Diem blog: Social Security IS a Pyramid Scheme (via Newsalert ).

Why so Quick to Call Business Leaders Psychopaths?

I was reading an article over at CNBC entitled "Think Your Boss Is a Psychopath? That May Be True." In a recent study of more than...

How Bad will the Job Picture Get?

I just read that the job growth in August was zero. I believe it after my experience a couple of weeks ago in Atlanta. I was there on busin...

The Average Person Spends Four hours of their Day Battling Temptation

I am reading a new book by social psychologist Roy F. Baumeister & journalist John Tierney entitled Willpower: Rediscovering the Greates...

Ronnie Schreiber at PJM Lifestyle: "Charles Kettering Liberated Women More Than Betty Friedan & Gloria Steinem.

Should Ugly People get Affirmative Action?

"Hell,no!" I thought, as I read a post on this topic at Amy Alkon's blog but unfortunately, economist Daniel Hamermesh, au...

"Sixty to 90 percent of jobs are found informally - mainly through friends, relatives, and direct contacts."

I thought about the above statistic as I read a new book called The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do B...

John Hawkins interviews Mark Steyn about his new book After America: Get Ready for Armageddon.

Fixing your Aching Back, Neck and Shoulders

I am blogging while sitting on my new gadget--the Gaiam Balance Ball Chair. I am pretty much willing to try anything at this point to fix m...

Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone With Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder

I just got a press release about a new book co-authored by Randi Kreger, the author of Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When...

MSNBC: "After uproar, man with breast cancer OK’d for coverage": Although he was not eligible for traditional Medicaid coverage,...

Gun Owners: Are You Compensating for Something?

We've all heard it before, guys who carry guns have small penises or some variation of that. I have always laughed at that notion--usual...

"More than 30 percent of the cases investigated by detectives each year are deemed unfounded, five times the national average."

In response to my previous post, Dave from the BaltoNorth blog sends in this article from the Baltimore Sun on false rape allegations: The ...

WSJ: "College Rape Accusations and the Presumption of Male Guilt: Pressured by the Obama administration, universities abandon any pret...

Groceries too Expensive? Grow your Own.

Glenn ordered a book called Edible Landscaping that proclaimed "Now You Can Have Your Gorgeous Garden and Eat It Too!" Since I a...

The Raw Food Diet: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

This morning, I am reading through a book called The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raw Food Detox . I know, I know, why am I torturing myse...

Amy Alkon has an interesting post on whether or not short men should wear lifts: Women, across cultures, are typically attracted to men who ...

Question of the Day

I read that French President Nicolas Sarkozy disrupted his vacation to fly back to Paris for an emergency meeting to review "the econom...

Men Living Longer: Women and minorities hardest hit?

The New York Time's opinion page has one of those Onion -like titles that really makes you shake your head just hoping it's a parod...

Does Meredith Whitney Read?

I was surprised to see a story at CNBC with the title: "Tea Party Made Up of 'Freaked Out White Men': Whitney:" “Call it...