Can George W. Bush's presidency be redeemed? Greg Olear takes a closer look. The recent opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was a banner day for stand-up comics, late-night talk-show hosts, left-leaning pundits, and political cartoonists - and the "banner" in question was draped on an aircraft carrier and read MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Fed up with rejection, Tim Stobierski quits writing, and discovers that there are some things you can't stop doing without changing who you are. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a writer. I kid you not.

The husband is gone for hours at a time on weekdays? He must have a mistress! Or he just belongs to The Shuffleboard League. I belong to a secret Men's Suffleboard League. Just by disclosing the existence of this league I'm in opposition of Rule No. 1: Do not talk about The Shuffleboard League.

Despite being a survivor himself, Nico Lang holds onto the hope that someday rape will no longer be something we expect will happen to us. - When you go to a psychologist's office, you're often asked to point to a face that indicates your mood, making your feelings into what is quantifiable and nameable or what is normal.

A testosterone fueled adventure through sex and gender, unlike any you've seen before featuring a man battling a shark on the cover. The first thing I notice about T Cooper when we meet on Skype is how much we look alike.

David Stanley sees four generations of angry men in his family. Will they be able to control their tempers, or will the tempers control them? Four generations of Stanley men have serious tempers. Perhaps not the "run & hide, call the cops" temper of a Stanley Kowalski, but, always, a quick trigger hiding just under surface.

Jamie Utt explains that while the person behind dressing homeless people in Abercrombie & Fitch was probably trying to do good, using people as pawns is dehumanizing. The internet is in agreement: Fuck Abercrombie & Fitch. The collective outrage has produced some fantastic responses.

Dr. Vibe asks: How can we improve the relationship between Black men and the police? Our Panel: Errol Lee (musician from Barrie, Ontario), Derrick Miller (New York, former police officer for twenty years,mainly in the Bronx), Clive Henry (Nottingham, England), Henri Morris (Oakland, California), and Victory Unlimited (Memphis, Tennessee).

"Love, Recorded" during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone? ◊ In seven years in Boston, I have never seen the marathon, in person or on TV. Now I click link after link, as people tweet photos and videos of the explosions.

After losing his best friend to suicide, Eirik Rogers was flooded with grief and on the brink of taking his own life-until another man's story saved him. He just walked out of his skin.

Jonathan Stack explains, "There is a world of new things to try and new ways of trying them and being open to a more spiritual relationship with my own sexuality, one not driven strictly by biology, is exciting." Just back from Australia and on my way to Haiti.

Lisa Hickey, at a dinner for victims injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, realizes once again the importance of the stories we tell. - When I first received the invitation to the dinner put on by the Mayor of Boston for the Boston Marathon bomb victim survivors, I was afraid of bumping into the people whose legs had been amputated.

Dr. Adam Sheck's psychotherapy practice is shifting focus to men over 50, but the general trend has been toward men leaving the profession. Is this contributing to men's growing suicide rates? Last week the U.S. Center For Disease Control issued a report stating that suicide rates for baby boomers have increased nearly thirty percent from 1999 to 2010.

Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect. Since my last post, I've been occupied with putting myself out there (via print, radio & cable news) to share the message that even those charged with the most heinous offenses are still human beings, that we are each more than the very worst thing we have done, and that execution is morally wrong.

The following is a first person editorial by Thaddeus Howze The science fiction and fantasy communities everywhere mourn the passing of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen at the age of 92. He passed away in London on May 7.

How do we define terrorism? Carl Pettit takes a closer look. Some people become terrorists with clear-although often difficult to obtain-goals in mind. In the past, members of the militant wings of groups like ETA, fighting for an independent Basque state, the Irish Republican Army (Provisional and Real), and even the PLO, have resorted to targeted killings, targeted bombings, random bombings and other tactics that have been labeled by many as "terrorism."

There is a parable used often in education to describe the reforms that are needed to better serve those students who are left behind or pushed out of our educational system: A man and a woman were having a picnic along the river outside of their village.

After a heated debate and two surprise swing votes, Delaware is now the 11th US state to pass marriage equality legislation. The Delaware Senate voted today to legalize same-sex marriage, guaranteeing that the state will now be the 11th in the US to pass marriage equality legislation.

Don't want to learn the hard way? Take a look at Mark Spellun's list of the ten worst things you could possibly say to your toddler. Like ever. When my son was almost due to arrive, I leaned over, put my hand on my wife's belly and whispered to him, "Don't worry, the circumcision won't hurt a bit."

The issue of gay marriage leads a bully to introspection and empathy. - Robinson Insider is a Facebook group for my hometown: Robinson, Illinois (population 6,600). The moderators require its members to be eighteen years old or older, and members must be approved in order to join.

The issue of gay marriage leads a bully to introspection and empathy. - Robinson Insider is a Facebook group for my hometown: Robinson, Illinois (population 6,600). The moderators require its members to be eighteen years old or older, and members must be approved in order to join.

According to Andrew Cohen of the Atlantic, "the specters of racial bias, a faulty confession and untested scientific evidence have haunted this case." Willie Jerome Manning, a convicted murderer on Mississippi's death row has been denied a DNA test that, according to the New York Times, "could save him from the execution chamber."

Less than a week remains before Cody Wilson releases the files that will allow people to literally print their own guns at home. - Early this coming week, Cody Wilson will be releasing the open-source, 3D-printable CAD files that will allow people to print plastic guns in their homes without background checks, permits, or even serial numbers.

Brandon W. Mosley is called a 'unicorn' by his classmates-for being a non-toking college student surrounded by aggressive, athletic stoners. Weed "Obviously, at a college in America, there are so many taboo things at your disposal, most likely for the first time.

Jamie Reidy loves kids, but he's pretty sure he's not prime Dad material. - 1. I'm terrified of blood, needles and the blood pressure thingy that squeezes the hell out of my arm. Experience tells me parents have to deal with all of them... like, often. 2.