Newsletter #2 - In the Game of Life, Take Your Swing
Welcome to this week's The Wild Gentleman newsletter. Glad to have you here. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported this project thus far. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm glad you like what I am putting out
Empathy is Now Controversial? What Would Atticus Finch Think
There's a commentary in today's New York Times that I've read and reread a couple of times, and can't stop thinking about. The article examines how empathy—which I've long considered a virtue—has become another barometer of one'
Newsletter #1 - Take a Walk with The Wild Gentleman
Welcome to the first subscriber-only newsletter from The Wild Gentleman. Glad to have you here. Want to read on? You must be a subscriber. No worries, though, it's free to subscribe. (Click the little button below...) Also, I want to thank everyone who has joined as a paid
On Flaws
Perfection is the Opposite of Growth - If this article sucks. It's ok. These days, I sense a rising tide pushing the idea—often subtly, but also sometimes quite overtly—that for a man, failure is weakness. I sense it in politics, media, sports, and it permeates social
Some Things to Lean Into, Things to Avoid
The Wild Gentleman Guidelines and Philosophy “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius This was going to be part of the Introduction to The Wild Gentleman, but I ended up writing more than what made sense to be included in that post.
Welcome to the Wild Gentleman
The Wild Gentleman is a platform (or media company) exploring thoughtful masculinity through literature, philosophy, and community. Everything I plan to explore with The Wild Gentleman rests on four key values that, to me, are the foundation of what it means to be a solid man in our modern world.
What is The Wild Gentleman?
This is The Wild Gentleman, a media project and community to examine what it means to be a good man. There's a lot of chatter about manhood and masculinity out there these days, and some of those conversations will come up or be referred to. However, the main