Male Loneliness After 50: Why It Is More Common Than Men Admit and More Dangerous Than Most Realize By Chris McCarthyOctober 9, 2026 Categories: Building Brotherhood, Relationships & Connections Tags: relationships In 2023, the United States Surgeon General issued an advisory on loneliness and social isolation, framing them as a public health crisis of the same magnitude as smoking and obesity. The advisory cited research showing that social disconnection carries a 26 percent increased risk of premature death, that loneliness is associated with a 29 percent...
Brotherhood After 50: Why Male Connection Is Not a Luxury and What Happens to Men Who Treat It Like One By Chris McCarthySeptember 1, 2026October 7, 2026 Categories: Building Brotherhood, Relationships & Connections Tags: relationships The majority of men over fifty who are lonely do not describe themselves as lonely. They describe themselves as busy. They have a partner, a family, a professional network, a full schedule. They are surrounded, in the practical sense, by other people. And they have a small number of men they would call friends in...
