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  When it comes to building a happy and meaningful life, most of us rely on a grab bag of strategies — ...

Many who are reading this are old enough to remember a time when they wrote long letters to loved ...

If you’re like a lot of men, you’ve probably set some big goals for yourself this year. Lose twenty ...

  Of all the books in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is arguably the most philosophical. Dark, experiential, ...

  Not long ago, the primary concern people had about boys was that they were wild, impulsive, and out of ...

When I played football in high school, our head coach had one refrain that he’d hammer into us over and ...

  American football is so big — so braided into our weekends, our language, and our culture — that ...

It’s a new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions about what they’re going to add ...

  Most of us chase goals — starting a business, running a marathon, getting a promotion — without ...

Note: This is a rebroadcast. Happiness is the subject of thousands of articles, podcasts, and ...

To make winter a more enjoyable time of year, you ought to consider adopting certain practices you only do ...

I finally got around to watching Casablanca this year. I’m a little embarrassed it took this long. I think ...

Does it feel like the world is out to get you? Does it seem like everyone you know is an ...

There’s a lot of debate these days about what it means to be a man. But maybe the answer is simpler than ...

For most dinners, you'd be forgiven for not properly setting the table. But for holidays, dinner parties, ...

When people think of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, they often picture tweedy Oxford professors and ...

One of the most neglected virtues of our daily existence is appreciation. —Dale Carnegie  My career ...

Note: This week's episode of the podcast referenced an ancient story: "The Choice of Hercules." If you've ...

One of my goals this year has been to become a cinephile, so I’ve been working my way through some of the ...

Halloween is the one time of year when death takes center stage in the West. Skeletons hang from porches, ...