John Boehner: Tears, Cheers and Jeers
CHEERS to Ohio Congressman John Boehner for being able to cry in public when he talks about his hard-scrabble-to-Speaker life story. It's kind of real...
CHEERS to Ohio Congressman John Boehner for being able to cry in public when he talks about his hard-scrabble-to-Speaker life story. It's kind of real...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 12.15.2010 | Comedy
What might a Republican donor, pleased to have Republican control of the House, say to the weeping speaker? Or perhaps sing to Boehner, to the tune of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina?"
Doug Molitor | Posted 12.15.2010 | Comedy
He cries in TV interviews, he cries on the floor of the House of Representatives, he cries at the RNC. And he laughs all the way to the bank.
Lee Camp | Posted 12.14.2010 | Comedy
Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.13.2010 | Politics
While it's interesting that men like Bush, Romney, and Boehner are allowing themselves to cry publicly lately, behind this seemingly harmless shift in acceptance is one of the ways that the Republicans are managing the narrative.
Justin Snider | Posted 11.26.2010 | Comedy
You're trapped on a cross-country flight and, in the row behind you, two parents are sitting happily with a 12-month-old baby. The baby is preternaturally silent. This will not last.
Janelle Breese Biagioni | Posted 12.11.2010 | Living
For the grieving individuals and their families, it is their responsibility to do the work ... and yes, that work involves tears - even for men.
Jason Pinter | Posted 11.13.2010 | Books
What books have made you cry? Hundreds replied using the hashtag #booksthatmademecry. Here are some of those responses. Which books have moved you to tears?
Yisrael Campbell | Posted 08.18.2010 | Living
Now, my kid only turned four last week. If you ask him his age, he'll say, "I'm four but I feel like I'm three." And he acts two, I would add
Frank Dwyer | Posted 08.17.2010 | Politics
BP trying to cap crying, prayers in Gulf: both make spill look bad....
health.com | Posted 07.12.2010 | Living
Relax and unwind a few minutes each day with these stress-busting tips...
health.com | Posted 07.09.2010 | Living
If you get easily stressed over the holidays then you should try some of our easy ways to relax, refresh, and re-energize this month....
Steven Crandell | Posted 06.01.2010 | Books
Sometimes God smiles. The clouds of fate part, and for a moment, sunshine pours through, sweet and warm and golden. He was at the door. Charlie. And ...
Steven Crandell | Posted 05.29.2010 | Books
Amy was on the desperate side of midnight. Her silky kimono robe smelled of breast milk vomit. Her hair looked like a bird's nest. She felt like scre...
divinecaroline.com | Posted 03.18.2010 | Living
Tears are just one of many miracles we taken them for granted every day. Here are seven ways tears heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiri...
DivineCaroline | Meghan Krein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
A lot of times relationships invoke tears ... or weeping (really, who hasn't cried themselves to sleep?). But somewhere along the way society has equa...
Telegraph | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
Researchers found that between birth and the age of 78 a woman will cry for more than 12,000 hours, for reasons including hunger as a baby to falling ...
Jan Phillips | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living
We should give some thought to death, particularly our own. It helps us clarify what's really important.
DivineCaroline | Allison Ford | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
Crying is an emotional reaction that's completely unique to humans. Our capacity for complex thoughts and feelings means that we can cry whether we're...
Carine Fabius | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
If a woman in a position of power cries in public, she's either weak or being manipulative. If a man in power cries, it's because he's man enough to let his tears show.
Suz Redfearn | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
We tried to understand, to reason with Eve, but half the time what she was campaigning for with her roaring and writhing didn't even make sense.
Alexandra Levit | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living
No matter what your job or situation, having a bonefied meltdown at work diminishes your credibility and intrudes on your reputation.
nytimes.com | BENEDICT CAREY | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living
Now, some researchers say that the common psychological wisdom about crying -- crying as a healthy catharsis -- is incomplete and misleading. Having a...
Rob Kall | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
I've been thinking about the tears of joy, that feeling of choking up, the chill up the back of the neck, of sympathy and empathy, for a few decades.
Keely Field | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
I was one of the thousands of purple ticket holders who survived "The Tunnel of Doom on 3rd Street," as it's known to those of us who suffered through the most disappointing day of our lives.
Tom Alderman | Posted 12.16.2010 | Politics