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The Functionalist Manifesto: know thyself at the species level

The arc of history makes widows. The lives of the mass of men since the beginning have been nasty, brutish and short. Here's why that's good news for all of us. Tweet

The Guy List: Dr. Doug Stein, Jonathan Stack & World Vasectomy Day

Another day, another snip. How Dr Doug Stein and filmmaker Jonathan Stack are changing men's lives one vasectomy at a time.

Gray Matter and Grit

GM&G — gray matter and grit — are the ingredients that combine to make all the successful fish big and all the ponds small.

A Mind is Terrible Thing to Waste

Small mishaps can shed light on massive problems, as our man discovered when he forgot and left his laptop at home, then stumbled across an epiphany.

Honoring Thy Father…even when

My buddy is making his Planned Man debut with his first comment on the sixth Commandment—"Honor thy Father...". He shows what that Commandment means to all with eyes to see and without a whiff or sound of woe-is-me grief.