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Awesome Men Throughout History: Dr. Bruce Voeller

Posted June 11, 2014

With all this talk about The Normal Heart and how sad/informed it’s making everyone, it seems like a good time to talk about a man who made a huge impact on both AIDS researc ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Ali Ramirez

Posted June 5, 2014

This week’s edition of Awesome Men Throughout History column is sticking with sports (real ones this time), but we’re coming from a different perspective this time. A l ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Rev. Nørb

Posted May 14, 2014

Men like Andrew WK and Nardhuar the Human Serviette have made careers from their boundless, somewhat childish enthusiasm for life, but there was one before them. He might not be as ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Puddles the Clown

Posted May 8, 2014

When a friend of mine told me that a 7-foot-tall clown was covering Lorde songs on the Internet, my curiosity was piqued. I do love clowns, after all. When that same friend told me ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Aaron McGruder

Posted May 6, 2014

There’s been some controversy about The Boondocks returning to television without its creator, Aaron McGruder. According to his friend Michael B. Jordan, who appeared in the ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Lewis Grizzard

Posted April 23, 2014

It’s pretty hard to understand, at least on a superficial level, why I’m such a big fan of Lewis Grizzard’s writing. He was a sexist, permanently-fratty defender ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Juan Marichal

Posted April 15, 2014

This week, Awesome Men Throughout History returns to baseball, mostly due to my perhaps foolish belief that it has finally stopped snowing and we can begin warm weather sports in e ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Josiah Warren

Posted April 10, 2014

When people think of anarchism, they generally picture young bandanna-faced white kids vandalizing Starbucks, or the structureless mess that was the Occupy movement. Those generali ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Allen Allensworth

Posted April 2, 2014

We’ve profiled some pretty amazing people here at Awesome Men Throughout History, but I don’t think any of them ever founded their own town, so it’s high time we ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Joey Shithead

Posted March 5, 2014

Being a fan of classic punk rock, I feel like it’s high time Awesome Men Throughout History took a look at a guy who’s been around forever and was one of the first guys ...