10 Jun, 2022
Time to launch “Dads Demand Action to Raise Healthy Boys”
How can we in good conscience celebrate Father’s Day in the middle of an epidemic of gun violence almost exclusively perpetuated by men? We can’t.
10 Jun, 2022
21 May, 2022
Mass shootings: It’s the masculinity, people
I’m beyond fed up that the gender of the murderers are still largely absent from conversations about America’s mass shootings crisis.
17 May, 2022
Making “Impregnators” pay their fair share
Long before a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion revealed that by summer ...
30 Mar, 2022
The slap heard ‘round the world
The slap heard ‘round the world by Rob Okun 813 words One small step backward for man, one giant leap...
17 Mar, 2022
Journalism and truth telling in wartime
Brent Renaud. Marina Ovsyannikova. One a US filmmaker killed by Russian troops on March 13 while working on a documentary about refugees. The other, an editor-producer on Russian state TV’s Channel One who dramatically interrupted a news broadcast to hold aloft a sign denouncing Putin’s war. She was immediately arrested.
8 Mar, 2022
Putin, Manhood, and Mad Coward Disease
It’s Women’s History Month and in an act of unthinkable atrocity, Mad Vlad Putin is indiscriminately killing women and children across Ukraine. Men, too, of course.
5 Jun, 2021
Where Are the “Other” White Men?
The political opponents of the Democrat Party have a lot of problems; one big one is their name.
20 Mar, 2021
Where Are the “Other” White Men?
Years ago, the pork industry ran a campaign touting its product as the “other white meat.” It was angling to ally itself with the “chicken-is-healthier-than-red-meat” crowd.
6 Feb, 2021
Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas: Time to Pack It In
Letter to Justice Clarence Thomas: Time to Pack It In by Rob Okun 707 words Published in: City Watch LA,...
20 Jan, 2021
Dedicate Presidents’ Day to Healing? Not This Year.
On February 15, Presidents’ Day, Americans must liberally apply sanitizer all over the office of the presidency...
25 Nov, 2020
Trump Says He’ll Concede If Republican Party Renames Itself After Him (Satire)
Trump Says He’ll Concede If Republican Party Renames Itself After Him (Satire) by Rob Okun 600 words Published in: Pagosa...
18 Nov, 2020
Time for a Losers’ Presidential Intervention
Except for a few diehards, everyone knows it’s time for Donald Trump to give up the charade that he’ll ever reverse the election results...
11 Nov, 2020
Former Presidents Recommend Trump Use Accumulated Vacation Time Now (Satire)
A bipartisan task force of former presidents has recommended that outgoing commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump be allowed to...
3 Nov, 2020
Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days
Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days by Rob Okun 700 words Published in: LA Progressive, Greenfield Recorder, Anchorage Press, Times Argus,...
15 Oct, 2020
Not Proud, Boys
On the eve of the presidential election, are men ready to stand up and yell fire in the national theater we call the United States? Let’s face it; all of us who recognize that manhood and masculinity are evolving must speak out about the intimidating alpha males who pose a grave threat to society, especially at this fraught moment when COVID-19 is ravaging the world...