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Today's fathers aren't the men their own fathers were but only if you insist that the nature of masculinity doesn't change--that it's a biological fact and not a mutable cultural construct. The new fathers are creating a new ideal of masculinity. It's not as Mad Men cool, but it is healthier. "The emerging and evolving norms of fatherhood and masculinity challenge men to be a different kind of guy," says Rochlen. "But on the positive side, it gives them new opportunity to embrace and enact these dimensions that are good for them and good...
...President had for a long time. When I said so in a newspaper column soon after, my Democratic friends were not pleased. Nor did they like the fact that I started attending meetings at the White House with the President and members of his staff about how to best construct a "faith-based initiative." Other friends of mine, however, were appointed to lead and staff the new Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the first the White House had ever seen. We brought many delegations of religious leaders - conservative, liberal, and everything in between - to meet with...
...outcome of the November election is of particular importance to Harvard because of the University’s plans to construct a new campus in Allston. The councillor who represents the Boston neighborhood will be a key negotiator on behalf of local residents...
...vaunted toilet-makers have considered creating a pet-friendly washlet. After all, at least one firm is busy trying to develop commodes that can do everything from test for pregnancy to check the glucose levels of diabetics. A high-tech pet potty can't be that much harder to construct, and then at least those pampered greyhounds wouldn't have to leave the cool confines of the mall to answer the call of nature...
Picaresque movies often feel longer than they are. For them to work, they need an interior spring with more thrust than Darjeeling's attempt at reconstituted brotherhood. The problem is in Anderson's approach, which is so supercool, it's chilly. In his elaborate visual construct, virtually every shot is followed by the camera's point of view shifting 90º or 180º--geometrically groovy but quickly predictable. Same goes for his stories, which rely on gifted people behaving goofily. Anderson has the attitude for comedy but not the aptitude. His films are airless. Humor under glass...