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Failure to Launch: A Challenge to Young Men
“Young men between 25 and 31 are 66 percent more likely than their female counterparts to be living with their parents.” — from ‘The Boy Crisis,’ by Warren Farrell and John Gray. Can’t say I blame them...
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Adventure, Danger, Honor, and Glory
My inner barbarian awoke from its civilized slumber while binge-watching documentaries on wars of conquest and the rise and fall of empires. I felt unsettled, tugged by two contrary forces: one...
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The Male Heroism
— How do we transform male heroism into everyday courage? Il est plus facile de mourir pour la femme qu’on aime que de vivre avec elle. (It is easier to die for the women one loves than to live with...
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Introduction to Live The Hero: A Practical Guide to Everyday Heroism
When was the last time you thought about what it means to be a hero? Have you ever really considered the behaviors and actions we judge to be “heroic”? Many of us take for granted that we know heroism...
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It’s a Strange Time to be a Police Widow
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever. The goal is to create something that will. —Chuck Palahniuk, author of “Fight Club” Twenty years ago—on September 29th, 2000—I was working as a civilian with...
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How To Be a New Hero
Our species has been exposed. Given the availability of cheap junk food, between 40% and 50% of Americans are now obese. Given the availability of a neo-fascist leader, half the country will vote for...
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The Wounded Hero
You may have found yourself attracted to the vision of the New Hero that I’ve begun describing in my Saturday “Kirism Today” posts. Kirism is a demanding philosophy because it asks you to think for...
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Heroes Don’t Have To Be Super
I remember all-too-clearly the first time I saw a real-life hero. It happened when I was around ten years old. I was crouched on the cold tile floor of the small bathroom in my childhood home. Back...
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3 Steps to Everyday Heroism
There have always been quiet heroes. There were those doctors who treated AIDs patients in the early days of that dreadful disease, when everyone was afraid to go anywhere near the infected. There were...
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The Vital Purpose of Mythology and Heroic Stories
We are made of stories. We may have bodies of flesh and blood, but our lives are built from the stories we tell about ourselves. Our personal stories describe our interests, loves, hates, careers,...
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There Are Capes Everywhere
My last article encouraged the exploration of historical mythology to find the eternal lessons of heroism throughout time. But what about the state of mythology and the human heroic legacy in the...
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Why We Need Heroism More Than Ever
Heroism is more than risking one’s life to save someone else in a moment of physical danger. As an aspect of humanity, it encompasses a wide range of behaviors and emotions, as I’ve written before....
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