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It’s been fodder for many a heated debate among men for centuries. What skills should every man know? A vast amount of ink and e-ink has been spilled on the subject. But why? Part of being a man is being competent and effective in the world. To do that, you’ve got to have skills. A man wants to know (or at least feel like he knows) that no matter what situation he’s placed in, he’ll be able to handle himself — to act rather than be acted upon. Hence our incessant drive to figure out what skills we’ll need to know in order … Continue reading →

Swords into Plowshares – Ron Paul Compost Everything: The Good Guide to Extreme Composting – David Goodman Accused: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and the Strength to Forgive – Tonya Craft Concealed Carry Lifestyle – Ray H Duncan SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police – Vox Day Primal Panacea – Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD. The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War – Thomas DiLorenzo Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto – Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Empire: A Novel – Gore Vidal Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics – Henry Hazlitt Effortless Healing: … Continue reading →

The brains of high-achieving individuals are wired up differently to those of people with fewer intellectual or social abilities according to one of the first studies to find a physical link between what goes in the brain and a person’s overall lifestyle. An analysis of the “connectivity” between different parts of the brain in hundreds of healthy people found a correlation between how well wired-up some individuals were to their cognitive abilities and general success in life, scientists said. The researchers found that “positive” abilities, such as good vocabulary, memory, life satisfaction, income and years of education, were linked significantly … Continue reading →

When it comes to packing for an outdoor adventure, leave the single-purpose items at home unless you have a pack mule to carry it all. Each item in your camping/bushcraft/survival kit should be able to perform at least three different tasks beyond its intended purpose. Manly woodsmen, listen up. The women folk are more aware of the benefits and well ahead of us in using this stuff. Time to catch up! It may not be as sexy as an ax or knife, but smart woodsmen should pack this non-sexy stuff in all their kits – bushcraft, EDC, Get Home Bag, camping, etc. I rarely go to the woods … Continue reading →

Some people, regardless of what they lack—money, looks, or social connections—always radiate with energy and confidence. Even the most skeptical individuals find themselves enamored with these charming personalities. These people are the life of every party. They’re the ones you turn to for help, advice, and companionship. You just can’t get enough of them, and they leave you asking yourself, “What do they have that I don’t? What makes them so irresistible?” The difference? Their sense of self-worth comes from within. Irresistible people aren’t constantly searching for validation, because they’re confident enough to find it in themselves. There are certain … Continue reading →

Nobody does it better than Bond: but which Bond film does it best? Perhaps you’ll choose on the basis of 007 himself (are you a Connery lover, a Moore apologist, a Lazenby outlier?), or on the villainy of his antagonist (Blofeld in his many guises, Jonathan Pryce in a polo neck), or on the glamour and grit of his leading lady (Honey Ryder or Xenia Onatopp?). Refresh your memory about the 23 films to date, and cast your vote. Vote Here

As readers and writers, we’re intimately familiar with the dots, strokes and dashes that punctuate the written word. The comma, colon, semicolon and their siblings are integral parts of writing, pointing out grammatical structures and helping us transform letters into spoken words or mental images. We would be lost without them (or, at the very least, extremely confused), and yet the earliest readers and writers managed without it for thousands of years. What changed their minds? In the 3rd Century BCE, in the Hellenic Egyptian city of Alexandria, a librarian named Aristophanes had had enough. He was chief of staff … Continue reading →

James Grant, Wall Street expert and editor of the investment journal «Grant’s Interest Rate Observer», warns of ever more extreme central bank policies and bets on the comeback of gold. The global financial markets are under severe stress. The postponed interest rate hike in the United States, the fast cooldown of the Chinese economy and the crash in the commodity complex are causing a great amount of unease among investors. Fear is growing that the world slips into recession. «Central bank policy is intended to paper over the cracks in the systems. Seven years after the outbreak of the financial … Continue reading →

Decisions, decisions, decisions… it seems like when it comes to defending your family there is a lot of them. Caliber, type, make, model, ammunition, stopping power,capacity, training, and the omnipresent legal repercussions—self-defense is a hailstorm of life or death choices and another one of these (and one that is often neglected) is over-penetration. Shooting through walls Situation and terrain determine tactics and nowhere is this more evident than when firing a gun inside a closed environment like your home. Accordingly, a self-defense minded gun owner needs to first take into account where he lives (suburban house, farm, studio apartment etc.) … Continue reading →

Toxicology is a branch of knowledge dealing with the scientific study of the characteristics and effects of poisons on living organisms. The man considered to be the ‘father’ of this discipline is Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, also known as Paracelsus. It is said that Paracelsus meant ‘equal to Celsus’ (referring to the Roman encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus), and the change in his name was meant to be an indication of Paracelsus’ desire to rival ancient medical authorities such as Celsus and Galen. Following in His Father’s Footsteps Paracelsus was born in 1493 in Einsiedeln, Schwyz, the Old Swiss … Continue reading →

Numbers surround our everyday lives. They reveal the cost of products, the temperature outside and even how fast we should be cruising on the highway. Understanding numbers, then, is highly important because when we don’t, it can lead to unwanted results – like getting a speeding ticket or not wearing a jacket and it turns out to be cold! When it comes to our heath, there are also numbers we must closely pay attention to and one in particular we must keep a sharper eye on… We’re talking about blood pressure numbers and understanding your reading can be the difference … Continue reading →

(ANTIMEDIA) For decades, extreme ideologies on both the left and the right have clashed over the conspiratorial concept of a shadowy secret government pulling the strings on the world’s heads of state and captains of industry. The phrase New World Order is largely derided as a sophomoric conspiracy theory entertained by minds that lack the sophistication necessary to understand the nuances of geopolitics. But it turns out the core idea — one of deep and overarching collusion between Wall Street and government with a globalist agenda — is operational in what a number of insiders call the “Deep State.” In the … Continue reading →

Get ready for a rare double feature this weekend, starring our very own moon. For the first time in more than 30 years, you can witness a red supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse. Late on Sunday 26th of September, across much of the world, a total lunar eclipse will mask the moon’s larger-than-life face. That combination hasn’t been seen since 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033. ‘It will be quite exciting and especially dramatic,’ predicted astronomer Sam Lindsay of the Royal Astronomical Society in London. ‘It’ll be brighter than usual, bigger than usual.’  Some people event believe it … Continue reading →

While at my parents house before moving to law school, I ran across a copy of “G.R.I.T.S.” The book serves as a handbook for the behavior of a true southern belle, a set of rules for girls raised in the American south. Seeing that I have never been involved in some of the quintessentially southern activities like debutante or parading around in hoop skirts, I will by no means claim to speak for all of my fellow southern ladies. Admittedly, I fall short of the majority of suggestions in this book, including the suggestion that “if it takes you less … Continue reading →

Volkswagen’s global-scale diesel-emissions scandal has sucker-punched diesel engines something fierce. That’s exactly why if I were in the market for a new or used vehicle in the next few months, I’d buy something – anything – with a diesel engine. First because diesels, scandal or not, are the car industry’s best-kept secret. And now, VW’s nefarious dealing virtually assures that those who aren’t scared off can drive a fantastic deal on a diesel-powered vehicle. And not just for VW models. Think of it like the stock market, where the time-honored adage is to buy low and sell high. Right now, … Continue reading →