This is a great article about who we should hold up as examples for our kids.  Kudos to the SEALs on a job well done.

There just aren’t enough thanks for your sacrifice, Sgt. Shue.  And I’m glad you finally made it home.

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit linked to this article about the ridiculously poor life expectancy of men at a particular housing estate in South Wales.  His link quoted the line, “You have to get your pleasures where you can.”  That’s telling; what do people expect in a culture where the very concept of manliness has been […]

Glenn Reynolds linked to a great post from The Art of Manliness.

Well, yes on the righteous part; and maybe a little bit on the ripped part. But honestly, I don’t work out so I can think I’m better than other people, and I’m guessing Jack LaLanne didn’t either.  So I think this article is a big fat bunch of hooey.  I’ve had enough experience with letting […]

This weekend I signed up for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon, happening on May 15.  I’ve been on an official training program for two weeks now, and today I broke a new personal record for length of a run on the treadmill.  (Nine miles.)  I’ll be blasting through a few more of those before the […]

… is this kid.  He stripped to protest the continuing irradiation and molestation by the TSA.  (I really liked his having the Fourth Amendment reference scrawled on his chest.) Of course, this is how they’ll break us down: Tobey was interviewed by airport police and federal authorities, issued a citation for disorderly conduct and released. He is scheduled […]

Here’s an excellent blog post about the car my gorgeous girlfriend back in the ’80s drove — she was smokin’, and so was  her car.  I’d heard the thing had plastic cylinder sleeves, which caused it to burn oil.  Turns out that was kind of a common misconception — the cylinders’ linings were actually nearly pure silicon […]

This is my second post about A Private Battle, the posthumously-published story of historian and reporter Cornelius Ryan’s fight with prostate cancer.  See the previous post here. This long post recounts an episode late in Ryan’s life, when the cancer had begun weakening his bones.  He had finally received a long-coveted honor, being elected a […]

Cornelius Ryan was one of my favorite historians and authors.  His trilogy of WWII histories, The Longest Day, The Last Battle, and A Bridge Too Far brought to vivid life the heroes and events of that conflict. After finishing The Longest Day recently — having previously read the other two — I read up on […]