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How to Become a Warrior

The warrior is sensitive enough to discern truth, and has the courage to stand up for it.

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Slaves and Robots

February 20, 2013 By Carl Pettit 9 Comments

If we invent a machine with a personality and desires, does it deserve freedom?

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Joseph L. Galloway, Combat Journalist, on Vietnam [Video]

February 2, 2013 By Open Road Media 1 Comment

Galloway speaks with respect for both the enemy and his fellow soldiers in the war in Vietnam.

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The Complicated Legacy of Dr. King

January 17, 2013 By Tim Brown 9 Comments

In some circles, speaking ill of Dr. King is blasphemous. But wasn’t he just a man like ourselves?

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Jamaican Gentlemen

October 17, 2012 By Geoffrey Philp Leave a Comment

For a revolutionary generation of young Jamaican men, the strong and available role models looked like the enemy.

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Normal for Now

October 16, 2012 By Carl Pettit Leave a Comment

Our beliefs and values surrounding concepts like family, childhood, and masculinity, are products of our time and culture.

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Wild Boys, Wilderness, and Woodcraft Rangers

September 26, 2012 By Earl Hipp Leave a Comment

Predecessors of the Boy Scouts of America, Woodcrafters still bring nature-deprived boys out into the wilderness.

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Emotional Intelligence of Mass Extinction

September 25, 2012 By Gabriel Orgrease 3 Comments

How do you live with the awareness of death on a massive scale?

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Why Do We Still Circumcise Boys?

August 29, 2012 By Chuck Ross 48 Comments

Whether childhood circumcision is acceptable or not is an ethical question, not a medical one. Chuck Ross asks, why did we ever circumcise boys?

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It’s All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating …

August 9, 2012 By Seán Flynn 8 Comments

Seán Flynn on the end of American Empire, and how the internet is more like the Catholic Church than you imagined.

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Delivered from Abortion: Healing a Forgotten Memory

July 31, 2012 By Gordon Dalbey 29 Comments

‘Did Mother ever tell you about the time she was going to abort you?’ my sister asked casually.

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Home Is Where the Heart Is

July 20, 2012 By Bruce Buccio Leave a Comment

The phrase’s author, Pliny the Elder, was a naval commander. It seems fitting that he would have a keen idea of where and what home means.

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Gambling Man

July 19, 2012 By Jesse Kornbluth Leave a Comment

Titanic Thompson was a brilliant con man, a world class engineer of stunts and easily the most outrageous character you’re likely to encounter in a book of non-fiction.

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Talking Tesla

July 18, 2012 By Savas Abadsidis 2 Comments

Thomas Edison was a bully. That’s why you’ve barely heard of the hero of Rave’ Mehta’s new graphic novel, The Inventor: Nikola Tesla

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The Future Is Ours: Video

June 30, 2012 By Carlos Foglia 1 Comment

If I’m part of the mechanism that lights a spark for just one person to effect change, it’s worth it.

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Blacklisted From History: A History of the Men’s Rights Movement

June 30, 2012 By Robert St. Estephe 9 Comments

Men’s rights activism has had many names since its inception in the 1920s.

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Fat Is the New Gay

May 26, 2012 By Justin Cascio 4 Comments

Ex-gay and Christian weight loss ministries freight the body with sin.

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Social Media for the Socially Conscious

One “ragtag group of ruffians” with a mission plus a global community make Upworthy.com a social media site that makes a difference.

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Call For Applicants to Participate in UK Parenting Documentary

Documentary makers seek UK family for an immersive experience. We are looking for parents of young boys who don’t adhere to social stereotypes.

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.

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