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Lessons in Manliness: Jimmy Stewart

by Brett & Kate McKay

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“His type is as normally average as the hot dog and pop at Coney Island. He is good looking without being handsome, quiet without being a bore, ambitious without taking either himself or his job too seriously and unassuming without being dull. Stewart’s growing appeal has sometimes been difficult to peg. He’s no Gable and [...]

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On Manly Loyalty

by Brett & Kate McKay

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante takes an allegorical journey through the nine levels of Hell. With Virgil as his guide, he ventures through nine concentric circles, each level inhabited by successively worse sinners. Dante works his way through limbo, lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath and sloth, heresy, violence, and fraud, before finally making it the center of the earth and the lowest circle of Hell.

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Philanthropy for the Adventurer: Making a Difference in Unusual Ways

by Chris

Most of us spend our vacations in predictable fashion. We pack up and head off to Disney World for a week, or we spend a few days at the hunting cabin with the boys, or we throw the kids in the van and speed off to Yellowstone. While our holiday choices are often wide ranging, there is usually a common theme:

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Lessons in Manliness: Matthew Henson

by Brett & Kate McKay

When you think of history’s great Arctic explorers, what names spring to mind? Ernest Shackleton? Robert Peary? How about Matthew Henson?

Matthew who?

While Robert Edwin Peary’s name has come down to us as the first to set foot on the northernmost part of the world (although not without controversy), the story of the man who truly made that expedition possible has often been overlooked.

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Go Small Or Go Home: In Praise of Minimalism

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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Spring Break of my freshman year of college I went on a 4-day backpacking trip in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico.  My partner in adventure, Lucas, was a former Wyoming backpacking [...]

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15 Best Buddy Movies

by Brett & Kate McKay

The buddy movie represents an uniquely American genre of cinema. Instead of a male-female romantic couple being the focus of the story, buddy movies center on the relationship between two heterosexual males. Buddy movies are unabashedly about male bonding and friendship, and they all pretty much follow the same script.  Two or more men with [...]

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Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part I)

by Brett & Kate McKay

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As a writer, an historian, an officer in the British army, an artist, a consummate statesman, and a man who understood the pleasures of a fine cigar and a handsome suit, Winston Churchill was one of the world’s last true renaissance men. High on the list of his many notable talents was his gift for moving and [...]

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Curing Your Restlessness: Limiting Your Choices

by Brett & Kate McKay

A few weeks ago, we talked about a problem plaguing many men these days, modern neurasthenia, a feeling of anxiousness or restlessness. In this follow-up, we’ll delve deeper into what is causing this restlessness and how it can be cured.
Back in our grandfathers’ day, there weren’t as many choices about what do with one’s [...]

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The Art of Letter Writing: The Sympathy Note

by Brett & Kate McKay

Source: Life
Of all the letters you will write during your life, the sympathy note is arguably the hardest to pen. It can be very difficult to find the right words, or any words really, to say. We worry about saying the wrong thing , or we feel awkward talking about such a serious matter. It’s [...]

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The Different Types of Manliness

by Brett & Kate McKay

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If you take the time to read the comments on our site, you’ll soon see that there isn’t always agreement on what constitutes being manly. Some say that dressing to the nines is a manly pursuit; others say that caring about your style is distinctly unmanly: “Real men don’t use umbrellas! They [...]

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A Cowboy in the Jungle: Theodore Roosevelt and the River of Doubt

by Chris

“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

Sailing out of the New York harbor, Theodore Roosevelt had little indication that the journey he was embarking on, which he had referred to as “a delightful holiday” with “just the right amount of adventure,” would be the hardest test of his [...]

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Dealing with Male Depression

by Brett & Kate McKay

Source: Life
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from S.M. Leahy. Mr. Leahy is a student studying at Columbia University. He is originally from Virginia.

A man will have faults.  An overweight man can look at himself and take the steps needed to shed pounds.  A man with poor eyesight can wear glasses or contact lenses. [...]

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Motivational Posters: Ernest Hemingway Edition

by Brett & Kate McKay

I admittedly didn’t know much about Ernest Hemingway beyond his fine works of literature until I read Chris Hutcheson’s article, “The Hemingway You Didn’t Know: Papa’s Adventures.” Despite Hemingway’s flaws, he spent his life engaging in all manner of bad assery. I was so inspired by Chris’ article that I decided to put together some [...]

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Lessons in Manliness: James J. Braddock

by Brett & Kate McKay

Boxing has always lent itself to metaphor. The idea of two men, squaring off toe to toe, battling with only their fists becomes an easy stand in for the life struggles of every man. Perhaps no boxing story has transcended the literal nature of the sport to become a grand symbol more than the story [...]

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The Hemingway You Didn’t Know: Papa’s Adventures

by Chris

“Never confuse movement with action.”
-Ernest Hemingway

Nearly fifty years after his death, Ernest Hemingway remains a commanding presence in the literary world.  His works annually sell well into the seven figures, and several of his astounding 27 books and 50+ short stories are considered to be masterpieces of American literature.  Even the finest works of fiction [...]

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