by Dan Kempner | Feb 1, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities, The Kempner Column
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer My family moved around a lot in my early years. No, I wasn’t an army brat. My dad was long out of the service by then. In the army he had written for Stars and Stripes, done radio shows on the base and just generally prepared for a...
by Jim Ellis | Jan 31, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities
Jim Ellis Editor A successful community! Sounds easy enough. Let’s see – what could be needed? What are the ingredients of a successful community? In order: People – Some gathering of more than one humanoid, possibly a bunch of em A dictator –...
by Craig Jones | Jan 28, 2019 | Craig Jones Notebook, Features, Interviews, Successful Communities
Craig Jones Columnist It did not look good for men’s health overall at the beginning of the 21st century. An article in the NY Times reported that men committed 90 percent of homicides in the United States and represented 77 percent of homicide victims. They...
by Eric Louie | Jan 27, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities
Eric Louie Columnist Eric Louie did the Sterling Men’s Weekend in March 1995. Ever since he has been a proponent of the initiation event. Though the Men’s Weekend is not a sanctioned MDI event, many of the MDI men had their start in men’s work at...
by Guest Writer | Jan 26, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities
Sandt LitchfieldGuest Commentator From 1980 to 1990 I was in a cult. It was called Santeria, an Afro Cuban religion that was granted religious status in 1982 by the Supreme Court of the United States. They wore all white with a bunch of beads around their neck. One...