What is Love?
One important question young men must pose to young women before thinking about marriage.
Jobs Not Jail: Bring Back Vocational Education
This failure at the bottom comes from our middle-class fixation on college as the only path to productive citizenship and living.
The Politics of ‘Unprecedented’ Projection Needs to End
If the Red side has the Deplorables, the Blue has the Unbearables—and they’re in power now.
HBO’s ‘Tiger’: Golf’s GOAT and American Avenger
In the information age, being rich and famous might well come in second place to being rich and anonymous.
The Prodigal Priest
Mark Wahlberg delivers the performance of his career in “Father Stu.”
The Functionalist Manifesto: Know Thyself at the Species Level
Teamwork, friendship, and loyalty are functional requirements of being a man.
The Tragedy of Will Smith
Taking responsibility for your screw-ups is the cost of sanctimony. Talking to you, Will Smith.
What Works Wins! Become a Functionalist!
Functionalism is an eyes-wide-open approach to human pursuits. It is listening to and adapting one’s behavior to what works. Consequences matter.
Time for Europe to Man Up
For Europe’s sake, and ours, we need to wake up to history’s present requirements.
‘Sorry’ Accepted: A No-Handshake Forgiveness for Louie C. K.
LCK is at core an underdog, a basically good man struggling through life’s challenges—and in the process of that struggle finding and serving up laughter.
Blame it on the Pill
Has pharmacology worked to change the evolutionary direction of humankind? It appears to change the way women select mates.
A 2022 New Year’s Resolution for the Tech Bros.
It’s time for them to get back to their roots and stand up in defense of dissent!
Kid Dynamite!
“Don’t Tell Me How to Live” is a hillbilly elegy deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize.
Giving Thanks to ‘King Richard’
This is the best family movie I have ever seen. What “Braveheart” is to freedom, “King Richard” is to fatherhood.
Losing the American Mind
We are not creating the citizens we need to rise to challenges, but a generation of illiterates.