The News—TARP May Profit, New Drilling Rules, Ecuador in Disarray, and Rain...
TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated The much-maligned TARP bailout expires Sunday, and it might actually turn a profit. “[T]he once-unthinkable possibility that the $700 billion Troubled...
View ArticleStay Off the Roads!
Thundersnow. Black ice. Snowpocalypse. Al Gore. And now cars are falling from the sky. Please, please, stay inside. [MORE STORIES FROM OUR BLOG] The post Stay Off the Roads! appeared first on The Good...
View ArticleNews: Blackwatch for May 15, 2011
In the same way you used to turn to the last page of Jet Magazine to see where Black people would be on TV, Blackwatch aims to tell you where you can find Black people in the heights of their...
View ArticleGenderless Baby: Experiment or Exploitation?
Torontonians Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have been the subject of plenty of debate since they decided to keep the biological sex of their four-month-old child, Storm, a secret. They plan to...
View ArticleTechonology: Don’t Tase Me From Over There, Bro!
We love tasers at Komplicated, but this is freaking awesome! The Maul is a semi-automatic shotgun that SHOOTS tasers. Taser International (No, they're not hiring) and the Australian firm, Metal Storm...
View ArticleHurricane Irene: A Real Crisis
We can discuss racism and sexism ad nauseam. We can debate the finer points of classism and the challenges of fatherhood. We can stop watching porn long enough to question it’s potential damage to...
View ArticleThere’s a Hurricane of Manliness A’Comin’
Hurricane Irene has Aaron Gouveia imagining a post-storm zombie apocalypse where he kills his own food and protects his family. I love impending natural disasters. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the...
View ArticleMA Shoreline: Tracking the Sea and the Surge
#Hurricane #Irene #Massachusetts #Shoreline Hurricane tracker by-the-sea The ocean on its way in Saturday, 7:30 pm. The storm center is still 500 miles away. The post MA Shoreline: Tracking the Sea and...
View ArticleCosplay: The Next Generation of Geekdom
Sent in from one of our fans on Facebook … … a picture of my daughter M'Shiari as Storm for Comic Con … she's been wanting to do this for years. Nerds beget nerds! Thanks to Damion Gonzales for...
View ArticleShipwrecks, Mirrors, and My Dad’s Hero Complex
Gaby Dunn reflects on when her dad’s self-impressed identity complex nearly killed him—and her. I remember it as the time we all got “shipwrecked.” It’s the dramatic wording of an eight-year-old. We...
View ArticleHealth: Storm of the X-Men Wants Ladies To Check Themselves for Breast Cancer
In 2008, breast cancer was the cause of 458,503 deaths, worldwide. Early detection is a huge factor in survival. Artist Maisa Chaves drew images just like the one above as part of an ad campaign to...
View ArticleCosplay: Ororo and T’Challa Come To Life Before Your Eyes [@marvel]
In a word: wow. [Source: The Superhero Costuming Forum] The post Cosplay: Ororo and T’Challa Come To Life Before Your Eyes [@marvel] appeared first on The Good Men Project.
View ArticleScience: Researchers Guide Lightning With Lasers [@akilshohen]
Sounding similar to a something a villain from Captain Planet would do, scientists have discovered a way to steer lightning with lasers. A team of French scientists have been able to do this in a lab,...
View ArticleUPDATE: New Photos! NYC Today 4 PM – Huge Crane Collapsing, Dangling Above...
“Mom, they shouldn’t have left that crane up there…” On the west side of Manhattan as of 3 PM EST, the wind and rain is picking up along the river, buffeting curious pedestrians who have come out to...
View ArticleYou Won’t Remember How You Got Through: To Dads Spending Their Day in NICU
Mark Brislin walked into the storm that surrounds the birth of a preemie. And walked out changed. His message to NICU dads: You are not alone. “And once the storm is over…” It was Sunday night, three...
View ArticleMy Hurricane
It has been a year since Hurricane Sandy. Ariel Chesler looks back on the storm and the birth of his daughter. — A year ago at this time we were huddled in our apartment waiting for Hurricane Sandy to...
View ArticleHow the X-Men Series Made Me Love Strong Superheroines
My favorite superheroine, Storm Seth Thomas is used to boys being asked about their favorite superheroes. But what about their favorite superheroines? Avoiding spoilers in the lead up to summer...
View ArticleA Beautiful Grey Morning Washes my Troubles away!
It’s the little things, like waking up to an amazing misty morning, that can and do make your day. — It’s morning, July 18, 2014, and it is grey, cool, overcast and simply perfect. The sun will break...
View ArticleSeason of Renewal
After the storm, Jenifer DeBellis inhabits a quiet yet intense moment of satisfaction. — Season of Renewal The patio chairs lift & climb into the wind, threaten to crash through the glass before...
View ArticleEl Niño For President
Embed from Getty Images Human nature looks outside for the answers. Pray for rain. Hope for the best. ___ California has severe droughts. We can no longer hope it will work itself out. We must rise...
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