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Tiger Woods warmly called Justin Thomas on eve of fatherhood

The night before Justin Thomas and his wife Jill gave birth to their first child, they received a kind phone call from one of their best friends. Tiger Woods called Thomas to congratulate him. He also provided a healthy dose of reassurance and support that new parents need before making a big life change. “He […]

Fatherhood and the death of self

This year I became a father. They say that everything changes when you become a parent, and I agree. The moment I held my son for the first time after he emerged from the safety of his mother's womb, I thought: “My life is over.” When I own it, I thrive. But when I give […]

Weekend Watch: ‘True Detective’ S2 takes fatherhood seriously

In retrospect, Season 2 of True Detective was an unlikely success. When it premiered in 2014, Nic Pizzolatto’s brooding, supernatural-tinged police drama was clearly the work of a lone director given unusual freedoms: Its time-jumping structure and metaphysical concerns were like nothing we’d ever seen on TV before. But what made the film an instant […]