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The other day, I was staring blankly at my bookshelf in my office while thinking about something related ...

Life revolves around learning—in school, at our jobs, even in the things we do for fun. But we often ...

The cowboy is one of the great archetypes of American manliness.  He embodies many of the virtues ...

Have you ever noticed the guy in a fighting stance on the Art of Manliness logo? That's not just some ...

Over the last decade, there's been an increase in the number of people, particularly young adults, who ...

When we think of rituals, we tend to think of big, inherited, more occasional religious or cultural ...

Jake Knapp loves tech. He grew up using Apple II and then Mac computers, browsing bulletin boards, and ...

Happiness and depression can feel like slippery and befuddling things. We can do the things we've been ...

In the 19th century, Cerro Gordo, which sits above Death Valley, was the largest silver mine in America, a ...

From work to chores to entertaining distractions, there are many options for what you can be doing at any ...

Note: This is a rebroadcast.  When you think about someone having a midlife crisis, you probably ...

Perhaps you've read Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, a book many turn to to learn and internalize the ...

Note: This is a rebroadcast. In my twenties and early thirties, I was a regular journaler. Several years ...

If you've ever read the classic book Endurance, you probably shivered and shuddered as you wondered what ...

There are few concepts we believe in more strongly than just how powerful the examples of other people are ...

Attend the graduation of a college senior, and the commencement speech is likely to include a few themes: ...

Forty years ago, now retired professor of sociology Daniel Chambliss performed a field study in which he ...

You're probably familiar with the American mafia, at least through its portrayal in popular culture. But ...

Below is an excerpt adapted from the introduction to Psychology and the Promethean Will by William H. ...

The social theorist Charles Taylor says that part of what characterizes a secular age is that there are ...