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

Existentialist philosophers were very big on the idea of free will. They believed that while ...

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 ...

In the present age, the word "cult" is used in a pejorative sense. But it didn’t always carry this ...

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

Coach youth sports long enough, and you begin to see the main difference maker as to which would-be ...

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 ...

When you’re first learning to ride a bike, it can be frightening to get up some speed. But this is ...

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 ...

During the Civil War, the Confederacy’s greatest hope for its defense of New Orleans, and the Union’s ...

The mass of men exist in a state of waiting. They have a vision, vague in contours but salient in ...

The innermost room in the ancient Israelites’ temple was called the Holy of Holies — the sanctum ...

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

Have you ever noticed that people often get weirder as they get older? They go a little crazy; they fall ...

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