10 Dec A Happy Milestone
Four years to the month after the surgery that made this photo possible, I was touched to see this ad in the New York Times Magazine today. ...
12 Aug Watch Bruce on CNN: Is America in a Holy War?
CNN has posted a video of my interview with Anderson Cooper last night. One BP commercial, lots of venom from an anti-Muslim militant, then my VERY pink tie! To watch: Click here....
19 Jun Daddy-bashing is Suddenly Cool! What Should Dads Do?
Daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- of Everything," while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, "Are Fathers Necessary?" Her answer, after sifting through the research: probably...
03 May Paging Dr. Gupta! See Sanjay’s Special on THE COUNCIL OF DADS
Here is Dr. Sanjay Gupta's extraordinarily moving special about me, my cancer, and THE COUNCIL OF DADS. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll not believe what was in my leg or that I'm riding a bike again. CNN Presents: DADS FOR MY DAUGHTERS....
25 Apr 6 Good Men: The Council of Dads Adds a New Twist to Friendship
From the New York Daily News. Bruce Feiler's twin daughters, Eden and Tybee, were 3 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in 2008. Just days afterward, the best-selling Brooklyn author came up with the idea of asking six friends to look...
23 Apr King Tut: How’d You Get So Funky?
He came to power at age 9. Under the wing of powerful handlers, he overturned the changes of his father’s regime and restored the state religion. He died 10 years later after a mysterious accident that strongly suggests he had outlived his usefulness to his...
03 Apr Yay Daddy!!
The ongoing miracles of a rebuilt leg. Today I completed my first HOPSCOTCH in two years! Here was my reward from my daughters. ...
01 Apr Am I Really a Modern-Day “Danny Ocean?”
The first review of THE COUNCIL OF DADS thinks so. (And I think they mean it as a compliment.) From Hemispheres. BRUCE FEILER—whose books have recounted his adventures teaching in Japan, joining the circus and, in the best-selling Walking the Bible, retracing...
12 Mar When Daddy Is Gone
I just read a beautiful essay by Kevin Helliker about the cost of losing a parent on young children. Interesting stat: Four percent of children lose a parent before age 15, usually a dad. I was surprised that figure was so low....
14 Feb Eden and Tybee’s Valetine’s Day Poem 2010
H – Hugs A – Ask “Be Mine?” P – Plenty of Cookies P – Preparing Cards Y – You Are Mine V – Very Many Kisses A – A Lot of Red Roses L – Love E – Envelope N – Nugget T – Take Me Out to the Valentine’s Party I – I Love...