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July 2016

July 12, 2016

Notes from a Yellow Belt: What I Have Learned from Studying the Martial Arts

I wanted to start karate lessons at thirteen when I saw Ralph Macchio kick the...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Wisdom Requires Embracing The Real

THE MODERN BLINDNESS People in our day assume we are different from all those who...

June 22, 2016

Work with Your Hands, Whatever You Do

We think we have it easy. People in times past worked harder than we do,...

June 16, 2016

On Nostalgia: The Perils and Promise of Looking Back

I heard from a friend on Facebook the other day. Before long we were swapping...

June 01, 2016

The Shooting of Harambe the Gorilla is Part of a Larger Problem

Let me offer you this one question quiz to help you determine whether you are...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

You are Bound to be a Disappointment

Let’s start with the bad news. You’re never going to be good enough. No matter...

May 26, 2016

How to Become a Leader in Two Short Steps

Our society is floundering because we lack leaders. Men, called to lead themselves and others,...

May 12, 2016

You Must Acquire a Taste for the Difficult

There is a reason you don’t get much done. It’s not that you don’t have...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Everybody Knows We Are in Ruins

I was born in 1970. By that time, the West, and America in particular, were...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Three Questions We Must Ask Ourselves, Part Two

The things we spend our time on need to push us forward in some way,...

March 21, 2016

Three Questions We Must Ask Ourselves, Part One

As I write this, a YouTube video plays in in the background. I glance at...

March 11, 2016

Character is the Capacity for Happiness: An Example

I am terrible at thinking of examples. I can talk all day long about abstract...

March 07, 2016

Do Chicks Dig Jerks?

Clichés become clichés because they contain a truth in a succinct and memorable form. They...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Icons of Mature Masculinity: Tom Magnum

This is the first in an occasional series of posts looking at characters from popular...

February 24, 2016

How to Get Ready to Die: Thoughts on “These Final Hours”

Everyone wonders what he would do if he only had a year to live. Doing...

February 22, 2016

Character is the Capacity for Happiness

The last thing unhappy people want to hear is that they are responsible for their...

February 16, 2016

Is It Wrong to Want to Be Famous? A Response to Tessa Violet

Everybody is a little bit famous today. The age of social media and 24/7 communication...

February 15, 2016

Book Review: How a Man Faces Adversity by Robert Hicks

People say difficulty is part of life and that's true. It is even more true...

February 01, 2016

Chasing Women is a Fruitless Endeavor

Imagine once again, as I am sure you’ve done before, that you have the power...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Stop Trying to Be an Alpha Male. Start Trying to Be a Grown Up.

As a man, you can never be Alpha enough. Let’s just put that out there....

January 18, 2016

The Benedict Option is Just What Fathers Do

Each night when it is time for bed, I am the last to ascend the...

January 11, 2016

Happiness is Not Your Natural State

I came down the stairs at home not long ago to hear our youngest daughter...

January 06, 2016

Self-Pity and How to Overcome It

Self-pity is a constant danger. No rude boss, no criminal skulking in the dark, no...

January 01, 2016

Protecting Kids from the Culture: How Much Benedict Option is Enough?

Things are not going well. More than a few us are, to put it mildly,...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

How To Be Decisive

When you decide to make decisions, you decide to be exceptional. Most people make no...

December 15, 2015

Where I’m Coming From: Five Influences On My Thinking

We think we write only to communicate to others, but that is largely wrong. Sure,...

December 09, 2015

Just Say No: Dating Advice for Young Women

Ladies, Sometimes you have to declare where you stand. This might not be easy for...

December 07, 2015

The Book that Saved My Life

As a scared and confused 20–something, I needed help. I had floundered the first few...

December 02, 2015

Five Things Men Should Do If Their Fathers Sucked

Nobody gets to have a perfect dad. The best are flawed even though they try....

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Why Dating Ought to be Resurrected

All the dates have, it seems, been canceled. Forever. Dating has been in decline for...