Shattering the Silence

I doubt that anyone thought of me as a controller—at least no one ever used that term to my face. But I was and had learned ways of controll...

(This post comes from Roger Mann.) I saw an ad on the MSN home page about Chuck Connors, the guy who starred for five years as The Riflem...

A few weeks ago, I compared the rape of 15-year-old Maya, to that of male assault. She’s a major figure in the novel, Beartown . Today I fi...

(This post comes from Roger Mann.) I swore to myself repeatedly that I wouldn't allow myself to become my father. I've managed fa...

(This post comes from Roger Mann.) Although my father’s been dead for years, I’m still contemplating his life. This year has been more insig...

I recently read a powerful novel called Beartown , by Fredrick Backman, translated from the Swedish. Maya, age 15, is raped by Kevin, age 17...

(This post comes from Roger Mann.) I’m about to enter my seventh decade as a man, so one would think that I’d be pretty settled in my own sk...