Meals & Moods June 22-28 Meals & Moods is arriving a day late this week because yesterday belonged to my latest Basket Case Essay, which I felt should …

We are living in a time and experiencing a culture where the role of a father is more important than ever. Today we celebrate those men who have shaped our lives in ways large and small. Thank you for your wonderful contributions. Happy Father’s Day! Browse the entire The 2026 Fatherhood Exhibition Exhibition

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At times, the question seems less about parenthood than about our views of men in a shifting world.

Roughriders A.J. Ouellette spent his offseason welcoming in a new baby girl to the family. Fatherhood has changed a lot for the running back, mainly his motivation.

Tears, cheers and a lip-locked kiss with one of his costars is how first-time director Jordan Firstman celebrated the Cannes audience reaction to _Club Kid,_**** the film that follows the ups and downs of a down-on-his-luck New York City party promoter.

And that three-second, sweet, sincere man-to-man kiss is heating up the internet as video of their loving embrace goes viral.

As the crowd…

I had always read James Baldwin’s declaration “I want to be an honest man and a good writer” __ as a statement of artistic ambition—the kind of thing a young person, defining themselves for the world, says in order to be taken seriously. It comes at the end of “Autobiographical Notes,” the introduction to his first essay collection _Notes of a Native Son,_ where he declares that he has no…

What kind of man would sue the state of Arizona on behalf of the women here? Dr. Paul Isaacson.

Thanks to his recent win court (with legal lead the Center for Reproductive Rights), women in Arizona are no longer forced to go through a 24-hour period between scheduling and getting an abortion, which is an outdated practice that suggests women can’t make rational decisions. They also no longer…

_The Dads_ , a new feature-length documentary, follows the fathers of trans, nonbinary and gender-expansive children as they weather the rapid escalation of anti-trans legislation in the United States over the past two years. Directed and produced by Luchina Fisher, the film debuted last month at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.

The film bears witness to parents’ struggle with…

_The Dads_ , a new feature-length documentary, follows the fathers of trans, nonbinary and gender-expansive children as they weather the rapid escalation of anti-trans legislation in the United States over the past two years. Directed and produced by Luchina Fisher, the film debuted last month at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.

The film bears witness to parents’ struggle with…

Hard Feelings — Fury from the latest generation of Gladiators joins our column on masculinity, speaking to Robert Kazandjian about her new book, her close relationship with her late father, and being a role model for both young boys and girls.

Following the illegal strikes of war against Iran, the White House transitioned from traditional diplomacy to digital propaganda, releasing a series of highly stylized videos that blurred the lines between state-sanctioned violence and Hollywood entertainment. By splicing real military strikes with iconic imagery from films like _Gladiator_ and _John Wick_ , the administration did more than just…

Jimmy Carr is best known as a comedian, but he also has dyslexia and had extreme trouble reading and writing into his early teen years. Years later, he'd go on to graduate from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with degrees in social and political science and first class honors.

It's safe to say that, jokes aside, he's a pretty smart guy. And in Carr's standup routines, he's not afraid…