The Standard We Keep

Michael G. Ethridge, publisher of The Kendall Gentleman, photographed against a black background for his December 2025 editorial, “The Standard We Keep.”

Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about standards. Not the kind codified in rule books, but the kind we used to carry within us. The ones that shaped how we looked, spoke, worked, and lived. Somewhere along the way, we’ve let too many of them slip. When I was … Read more