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Book Review: The Heroic Path: In Search of the Masculine Heart by John Sowers
John Sowers’ book, The Heroic Path: In Search of the Masculine Heart, had been on my radar for some time before I read it. I felt like I was playing this sort of game, you know, save the best for last. I could tell right away it was going to be good and ...
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Man to Man: On Abortion
“Abortion is an attack on the family and the humanity that unites us all.” – Alveda King, Civil Rights Activist, Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, 1951 – Present
Most discussions around the sensitive topic of abortion focus on the arguments spun up by politicians, in particular a woman’s right to ...
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Dec 30, 2014
Creating a Yearly Retrospective with Start. Stop. Keep.
New Year’s resolutions are sooo last year! Really, creating resolutions, and inevitably breaking them, has become so cliché that it’s not even worth writing an article about. However, there is something to be gained by looking back on the last year and forward to the new year and thinking about how you have grown ...
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Good Will Towards Men and the Lessening of Christmas
“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?” – G.K. Chesterton, Christian Author and Apologist, 1874-1936
I believe everyone is familiar with this Christmas saying, whether or not they ...
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4 Camping Tricks with Forked Sticks
A forked stick has a number of uses, particularly around the campfire. Here are a four ways you can use them as mentioned in Outdoor Life’s Complete Book of Camping (1971).
How to Use Forked Sticks Around the Campfire Trick 1: Securing a Dingle Stick
A dingle stick is used to hold ...
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Routine Will Kill You
“The less routine, the more life.” – Amos Bronson Alcott, American Teacher, Writer, Philosopher, and Father of Louisa May Alcott, 1799-1888
This article was inspired by a story a friend relayed to me. It wasn’t told with the intent of imparting a moral lesson, rather, something of a humorous and “Can ...
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George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
George Washington was such a great man and I am honored to live in a nation that was founded by men such as he. I love to look back on our history and imagine a nation that would have heard these words and agreed, wholeheartedly. The uncommon amount of intellect and honor and heroic feats found ...
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Famous Quotes: A man with an obsession – C.S. Lewis
Black Friday is in 8 days, as of this posting (11/20/2014). Each year America waits for the inevitable gorging of products and trampling of their neighbors…the day after we give thanks for all of our blessings. It is really one of the most disgusting customs we support and is certainly unmanly to allow yourself ...
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The Menaissance: A Movement or Marketing?
The following article is a guest post from Christopher Preston. Read the author's bio below.
Back when I was in college, if you walked into a coffee shop like Stoney Creek Roasters (the hub of the hipster subculture), you could infallibly forecast what every male barista would be wearing: 1) skinny ...
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The Trouble with Honesty
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” – George Washington, U.S. General and President, 1732-1799
I have been writing for Wolf and Iron for a while now, working on a book, ...
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Jack Pine Savage Venison Roast Recipe
If you are like a lot of modern, suburban men, the venison you have, like other wild game meat, is a prized possession. Deer meat can only be acquired a few months out of the year and if you take into account the few times you may get to hunt and the fewer ...
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Jack Pine Savage Venison Steak Recipe
When a man has been hard at work he feels more than just hungry, he feels as though he deserves a meal. When a man gets to that point, the quality of the meal can make or break his spirits. The Jack Pine Savages, the men who ...
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