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Some New Yorker with a camera happened to be riding on the exact same train as none other than Keanu Reeves and, acting on an impulse that most of us try to ignore, filmed the entire train ride with his phone. The clip above is really nothing more than paparazzi b-roll until you hit the :25 mark, where Reeves asks a woman who just boarded the subway if she'd like his seat. Chivalry ain't dead, folks! More »
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Julian Assange just told the BBC, "Capable, generous men don't create victims, they try and save people from becoming victims." He also said his accusers had "unprotected sex and they got into a tizzy about" STDs. Generous, indeed! More »
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A story in today's Times Of London asks, "Are gentlemen a dying breed?" The author, William Drew, writes that when his grandfather died, people remembered him as a "true gent." "The act of being a gentleman transcends conventionality and surely goes some way beyond basic good manners," Drew claims. "My grandfather was not only impeccably polite, he was genuinely interested in others, whatever their place in society, and frequently made people feel quite special through his attention." What's interesting about the concept of a "gentleman" is that (in my opinion) when a girl is told to be ladylike, it means "shut up and look pretty." Whereas "acting like a gentleman" is a wonderful thing. But there is something to be said about being polite, about treating your fellow humans with respect. Is being a "gentleman" the only way? More »
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