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Curiously, neither new book asks much specifically of the fathers and other men who are so often absent in the daily lives of today's boys. Sommers blames women for the boy crisis while never asking dads to step up to the plate. And Pollack's boys in crisis would surely be helped by strong examples of true manliness...
...told him my heart's not in it, reading scripts full time," Kessler said. "He said, 'You have something on your plate that's better than working...
...booming technology industries didn't feel very secure in their newfound wealth and weren't at a point in their lives where they thought much about their legacies. Now that's changing. Silicon Valley CEOs, along with other newly rich Americans, are finally stepping up to the collection plate. And just as they've transformed American business, members of this new generation are changing the way philanthropy is done. Most are very hands on. They do lots of research before giving. They demand accountability and results. Paul Schervisch and John Havens, authors of a Boston College study on giving, cite...
Police spotted a green Chevy Cavalier driving erratically in North Philadelphia last Wednesday afternoon. When officers ran the license plate, the car came up stolen--carjacked more than a week earlier. The chase was on. Behind the wheel of the stolen car was Thomas Jones, a 30-year-old African-American man with a record of assault, burglary and theft convictions. Two patrol cars wove behind Jones, backing off temporarily when he veered onto a sidewalk crowded with mourners from a funeral procession. A few minutes later, Jones crashed into another car, injuring two people. Then he took...
Described as a black male in his 30s, the suspect fled in a late '80s, four-door Oldsmobile with a red interior and a green-lettered Massachusetts plate on the rear...