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Get Up, Stand Up: Thoughts on “Self-Made Men” 
Get Up, Stand Up: Thoughts on “Self-Made Men” 

Work is mankind’s fated 4 letter word.  It is required to provide the basic necessities, as well as the true, the good and the beautiful.

Gutfeld: The reversible vasectomy will solve all our problems
Gutfeld: The reversible vasectomy will solve all our problems

Check out what Gutfeld had to say about our second sexual revolution in this video clip from Fox News!

Gutfeld! Guy Shepherd On Gutfeld
Gutfeld! Guy Shepherd On Gutfeld

Watch Guy Shepherd join Gutfeld!

Dr. Doug Stein And Jonathan Stack Join Under the influence with Guy Shepherd
Dr. Doug Stein And Jonathan Stack Join Under the influence with Guy Shepherd

Doug Stein And Jonathan Stack Join Under the influence with Guy Shepherd check out the highlights here

How to Survive Asking a Father for His Daughter’s Hand in Marriage
How to Survive Asking a Father for His Daughter’s Hand in Marriage

How to qualify a prospective son-in-law and see if he has the right stuff for your daughter? Ask him, “Are you a Communist?” and see how he reacts.

Cell Mates Make the Best Soul Mates
Cell Mates Make the Best Soul Mates

Both will be better served if you see the other as a “cell mate.” When you say, “I do” say it to your soulmate.

Poke, Freeze and Thaw is Cheaper than the Pill!
Poke, Freeze and Thaw is Cheaper than the Pill!

PM breaks it down for you: One of the best investments you can make for yourself as a man is to put some of your sperm in the deep freeze, and then get a vasectomy.

The Guy List: Dadi & Legacy
The Guy List: Dadi & Legacy

Who's your dadi? Ours is Dadi, Inc., a provider of secure, simple sperm storage systems.

What is friendship?
What is friendship?

I don’t count many bad days with friends.  Of course, there are life’s shitstorms—and friends are there in “good times and in bad.”  (Kinda like wives).  But friends—ones worth keeping and doing life’s time with—do their best not to cause shitstorms for each other.  

Father to Son: The Case to Believe
Father to Son: The Case to Believe

Our reason is what puts us at the top of the food chain. We are born into this world weak, naked and vulnerable, but reason gives us a tool to exert our mastery over nature.

The Pill versus Freeze, Snip and Thaw
The Pill versus Freeze, Snip and Thaw

The pill is great, but a vasectomy is better. And cheaper. And more reliable.

Meet A Tough Guy
Meet A Tough Guy

Get your kids to understand the importance of fighting smart while they’re young. Let them learn karate, kung fu or tae kwon do...

A Win-Win-Win Solution for Men, Women and Society
A Win-Win-Win Solution for Men, Women and Society

Guy took our cause and went through the simple process that made it a plan — and did so on tape.  Verdict: Easy-peasy, no reason to get queasy.

Gray Matter and Grit
Gray Matter and Grit

GM&G — gray matter and grit — are the ingredients that combine to make all the successful fish big and all the ponds small.

Honoring the Dead—on their own terms
Honoring the Dead—on their own terms

Most obituaries and eulogies paint the dearly departed without color.  This obituary is written in Technocolor. It's hard to read this account, without wanting to meet this “Jewish-Mexican-Redneck” matriarch.

Douché! Let’s Keep it Clean
Douché! Let’s Keep it Clean

Want to come out of a conflict smelling like a rosé? Douché!

As Joe Rogan goes, so goes America
As Joe Rogan goes, so goes America

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, the Adam and Eve of the '60s, are protesting again. Against what? Twitter censorship? China’s genocide against the Muslim Uighurs?  No, something more ominous. Nice Guy, Joe Rogan.

The Guy List: Substack
The Guy List: Substack

Substack is quickly becoming a more diverse, trusted website than those operated by most news organizations.

The Functionalist Manifesto: know thyself at the species level
The Functionalist Manifesto: know thyself at the species level

The arc of history makes widows.  The lives of the mass of men since the beginning have been nasty, brutish and short. Here's why that's good news for all of us.

Ladies, We are the Guys You have Been Looking and Longing For
Ladies, We are the Guys You have Been Looking and Longing For

To the women in our lives and the world: we mean you no harm whatsoever. There is no conspiracy here—nothing hidden. Quite the contrary—there is much good.

The Guy List: Kay Hymowitz
The Guy List: Kay Hymowitz

We believe in equality for all. But that doesn't mean we are all the same. For example, here's a woman who's just better than the rest.

Let’s Talk About Sex…
Let’s Talk About Sex…

Since the miracle of Cana, the three rings of dating and mating—engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering—held steady.  That is until the 1960s and the advent of the Pill.  That's when everything changed.  

The Four-Step Solution to All That Ails You
The Four-Step Solution to All That Ails You

The Four Fs—Fuck Up, Fess Up, Figure Out and Forgive—is an ethical approach that can help you navigate and succeed in all aspects of life.

How to Think About Race
How to Think About Race

Speaking of race – is a form of social suicide. Yet it must be addressed. But before you open your mouth, open your mind with these books.

What works wins!  Become a functionalist!
What works wins! Become a functionalist!

Become a Functionalist. 'Functional' is what works. The basic idea is that a solid ground for virtue, science and social policy ought to be defending and educating folks to be functional humans. Kinda common sense. Join us.

Diversitas 1, Veritas 0.
Diversitas 1, Veritas 0.

Harvard's 'Veritas' has given way to a fake 'Diversitas'—the myth that all must think alike—or else. The truth? Harvard's 'diversity' is a fat mendacium.

The Guy List: The CHIVE and its readers
The Guy List: The CHIVE and its readers

The Chive is more than just a website for men. It's also a men's mirror with a huge number of female contributors.

Bill Burr Finds His Mainstream Voice
Bill Burr Finds His Mainstream Voice

When Bill Burr speaks, even wives listen. That's to our benefit, even if it makes us just a little anxious.

Parenting Alone
Parenting Alone

Sad fact: wherever you find concentrations of young men, expect a small percentage of adult men of authority looking to peel off the weak and confused and gratify their demonic id.

Dear Daughter: Bend, But Never Bend Over
Dear Daughter: Bend, But Never Bend Over

You can always rely on those who know you best.

For Men’s Eyes Only: Our Post Roe v. Wade Future
For Men’s Eyes Only: Our Post Roe v. Wade Future

For the past 50 years—there was little reason to talk about this. It was settled. Now it’s not. What will this decision mean in practice? This is my nonpartisan, factual primer attempt.

Guy’s Covid Diary
Guy’s Covid Diary

Covid is karma: It not only goes around, eventually, it comes around, too. Before that happens to you, see how our Guy plans his defense.

What If Whoopi Goldberg and Greg Gutfeld Were in Agreement?  
What If Whoopi Goldberg and Greg Gutfeld Were in Agreement?  

A man with an erection is open to female direction.   Women need to focus their attention at the beginning of mating and dating to make a difference at scale. Men can be led to do the right thing. “Flip the script with a little snip-snip?”

The Tender Bar: Uncle Charlie knows best
The Tender Bar: Uncle Charlie knows best

If the road to growing up takes you past The Tender Bar, stop for a drink and a lesson.

Situational Sexual Ethics:  What Tristan Thompson does next matters
Situational Sexual Ethics: What Tristan Thompson does next matters

I’m sorry/not sorry:  The idea that a modern woman, old enough to vote, some 60 years after the Pill still does not know how her vagina works, perplexes the man in me and should offend the “hear me roar” women in you.

007 Rest In Peace; Dave Chappelle Lives to Fight Another Day
007 Rest In Peace; Dave Chappelle Lives to Fight Another Day

The rising tide of woke just broke on the smart, rock-hard stand-up of Dave Chappelle. If cultural appropriation is wrong, what MGM is planning to do to the 007 franchise is a war crime.

Guy’s Vegas Diaries: Act 1
Guy’s Vegas Diaries: Act 1

Follow the misadventures of our man Guy. If anyone can find joy in a lost weekend, it's him.

Remembering Our Dearly Departed Dads
Remembering Our Dearly Departed Dads

We are products of our parents’ love and devotion, their vows to each other and to us. There is a world of difference between making a baby and being a parent.

Q & A with Guy Shepherd
Q & A with Guy Shepherd

From the horse's mouth: The Planned Man's backstory and the reason we are here.

The Adams Family: Our Founding Chick Flick
The Adams Family: Our Founding Chick Flick

'John Adams' may be the story of every great marriage in which a smart man is made smarter by hiding behind the skirts of an ultra-smart woman.

Poke, don’t cut! The Case for a No-Scalpel Vasectomy
Poke, don’t cut! The Case for a No-Scalpel Vasectomy

There's two ways you can get “the cut” done; the old way aka “your father’s vasectomy” or the new way, aka a “no-scalpel vasectomy.” One involves a cut, with a blade and all that. Yeah, a blade, down there. The other way is...well, "cutless." Which sounds better to you?

Our Undefined Sexual Revolution Needs Some Definition
Our Undefined Sexual Revolution Needs Some Definition

"If you can think it," goes the mantra, "it must be good." But caution: That's a product of modern thinking that comes without any guarantees.

“High Fidelity”
“High Fidelity”

No movie in recent decades better captures men’s confused, complicated view of women than the brilliant “High Fidelity.”

Sexing it up a bit
Sexing it up a bit

Pull up a chair — but not too close! We're going to talk about sex.

Playing a Flavor of Hard-to-Like that is Hard-to-Dislike
Playing a Flavor of Hard-to-Like that is Hard-to-Dislike

It’s time to rediscover Tucker Max—no, seriously.

Treats! Rise From the Cultural Ashes of Playboy
Treats! Rise From the Cultural Ashes of Playboy

They say a picture is words a thousand words. We have only one: Wow!

Six Great Coming-of-Age Classics
Six Great Coming-of-Age Classics

Make sure your son can put a check mark next to each of the books on this list, books every young man should read before he learns to drive, and every old man should reread before he dies.

The Book of Guy: Work
The Book of Guy: Work

What makes work fun is putting your shoulder behind things that are worthy.  

The Guy List: Dr. Carl Hart, author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups
The Guy List: Dr. Carl Hart, author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups

What do you do when a super-credentialed research scientist writes a positive book on the pursuit of pleasure? You buy it, hold its words deep in your brain—then exhale. And if you like it, you tell your friends. Dr. Hart is an guide to pursuit of functional pleasure.

The Guy List: Marilyn York, Men’s Rights Divorce and Family Law Attorney 
The Guy List: Marilyn York, Men’s Rights Divorce and Family Law Attorney 

Her profession, and her focus have given her a unique perspective on fathers, fatherhood — and divorce. check out Marilyn York.

The Guy List: Jordan Peterson
The Guy List: Jordan Peterson

He's the Planned Man's favorite pinhead: a smart man with a great message.

The Guy List: Dollar Shave Club
The Guy List: Dollar Shave Club

Two guys meet at a party. Soon, they're billionaires. Why? Because of the price of razor blades.

Experiencing the Joe Rogan Experience:  Guest Jordan Peterson
Experiencing the Joe Rogan Experience: Guest Jordan Peterson

Episode 1208 of the Joe Rogan Experience is a firehose of brilliance. Give Joe and Jordan three hours or so and they'll give you an incredible ROI.

The Politics of “Unprecedented” Projection needs to End
The Politics of “Unprecedented” Projection needs to End

I’m a fan of neither Blue nor Red Caesars. I’m committed to saving what we have and making it better, consistent with our principles and institutions. If the Red side has the Deplorables, the Blue has the Unbearables — and they’re in power now.

Kid Dynamite!
Kid Dynamite!

A good friend sent me a YouTube link of  Kid Rock’s recently released single —“Don’t Tell me How to Live”—advising me turn up the volume to the max and be prepared to have my world Kid Rocked! My ears and soul are still ringing.

Old Dominion taught me All I Know About Girls
Old Dominion taught me All I Know About Girls

Old Dominion's “All I Know About Girls” is a smooth narcotic for doing time with the opposite sex with a smile.

Three Thumbs Up for The King’s Man
Three Thumbs Up for The King’s Man

The King’s Man shows shows that in the breast of every self-righteous-do-gooder is a tyrant clawing itself out and making messes. The rest is as they say is history.  A history in need of the King's Man.

The end of “Davos Man” at the end of “The End of History”
The end of “Davos Man” at the end of “The End of History”

History is not a series of do-overs. If we learned anything from "The End of History", it's that it's not over. At all.

Comedian Bill Burr to Receive Lenny Bruce Award
Comedian Bill Burr to Receive Lenny Bruce Award

Bill Burr is the most “undeniable,” on-the-mark comedian of our cultural revolution. His diagnosis, prognosis and prescription are spot-on for what ails the feverishly woke American mind.

“Family Law” and other euphemisms
“Family Law” and other euphemisms

"Family law" is just another empty phrase. Biased against men, unconcerned about children, in "family law," fathers are always guilty and families always pay the price.

Guy’s Must Watch Movies: Men That Will Make You Proud
Guy’s Must Watch Movies: Men That Will Make You Proud

All Gain, Little-to-No Pain!
All Gain, Little-to-No Pain!

If pain is unexpected fatherhood, then a vasectomy is pure and permanent relief.

American Foreign Policy — Properly Understood
American Foreign Policy — Properly Understood

Politics is not a game of Texas Hold'em.  Russia lacks our bankroll but they do have balls in spades.  A pair of balls willing do what we are unwilling to do in this case. Here are two aces—presently unused—that could avoid war.

What Do Your Kids Think of You?
What Do Your Kids Think of You?

“What do your kids think of you?” It’s a big question for a parent to be asked and answer.

Guy Shepherd to Head ATF
Guy Shepherd to Head ATF

Stay thirsty, armed and smokin’, my friends.

Who is Guy Shepherd?
Who is Guy Shepherd?

Who is Guy Shepherd? I’m in my 50s, have a head of hair and a beautiful, indulgent, good-hearted wife. My son and daughter are Aces. Life is Good.

Guy’s Philosophic Fragments
Guy’s Philosophic Fragments

See what you think of what I think...

John Rawls’ Defense of Our Balls and Other Important Human Goods
John Rawls’ Defense of Our Balls and Other Important Human Goods

John Rawls had a simple and consequential method to think and act justly—the “Veil of Ignorance.” It's a look.

What Do I See In a Republican Victory?
What Do I See In a Republican Victory?

Finding Fault with No-Fault Divorce
Finding Fault with No-Fault Divorce

Let’s be impartial: nobody should actually profit from a divorce.

Growing a Guy
Growing a Guy

Good men are born then made better by great fathers and mothers.

Is “Karen” the new C-word?
Is “Karen” the new C-word?

When folks say "Karen" today, I think they are developing a profile of women that is very close to the C-word

Blame it on the Pill— pharmacology used to change the evolutionary direction of human kind
Blame it on the Pill— pharmacology used to change the evolutionary direction of human kind

The Pill affects a woman's natural factory mate-selection settings.  It pharmacologically induces women to favor the Mangina as a date and as a mate. Call it "Pill-Vision."

The Guy List: Treats! Magazine
The Guy List: Treats! Magazine

Once, 'Playboy' was considered the most sophisticated men's magazine in America. Then came 'Treats!'

The Cure for Our Sexual Dysfunction: A Second Sexual Revolution That Works for All—Men, Women, and Society
The Cure for Our Sexual Dysfunction: A Second Sexual Revolution That Works for All—Men, Women, and Society

What would the world be like if feminism advised women to use their sexual power in the service of building and maintaining an egalitarian romance that was built on accepting the natural differences of both sexes?

Hitchens: God’s Not That Great—Compared to Me.
Hitchens: God’s Not That Great—Compared to Me.

Christopher Hitchens was a wonderful polemicist—first rate—and as good as Nietzsche but without the madness born of syphilis.

Planned Man-ifesto
Planned Man-ifesto

The Planned Man is looking for more than a few good men to enlist in building a human-equality movement and an online-entertainment destination.

Honoring Thy Father…even when
Honoring Thy Father…even when

My buddy is making his Planned Man debut with his first comment on the sixth Commandment—"Honor thy Father...".   He shows what that Commandment means to all with eyes to see and without a whiff or sound of woe-is-me grief. 

A Tale of Two Great States
A Tale of Two Great States

Some states do better than others, but Texas and Florida do much better than most. Here's why:

Jobs not jail: Bring back vocational education
Jobs not jail: Bring back vocational education

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, classrooms are finally headed back to normalcy. While it’s a relief for parents, it’s going to take decades to absorb the brutal consequences of COVID on our nation’s kids.

Vegas Diaries— Act 2–What happens in Vegas leaves a mark
Vegas Diaries— Act 2–What happens in Vegas leaves a mark

The well-connected Kingsmen of the world are all our kind of Guys.

True Story
True Story

Here's a true story: A guy turns on Netflix and finds a brilliant film called 'True Story'.

The Guy List: Robb Report
The Guy List: Robb Report

If you want to live the good life, first read the instructions. They're all in the 'Robb Report'.

The Morality of the Freeze-and-Play Method
The Morality of the Freeze-and-Play Method

Smart men know paradise isn't a place you can see by the dashboard light. It's the destination at the end of a carefully planned route.

The Functionalist Manifesto: Necessity, the Mother of the Good
The Functionalist Manifesto: Necessity, the Mother of the Good

Necessity is reality’s needed judgment on human affairs.  You would think that the partisans of the good would seize on it to support their good works.  They don’t. It might be that necessity is a reality check of their musings and power. 

Ten questions, but it’s no game
Ten questions, but it’s no game

Life is more than just slowing down to ask questions...it's also taking a minute to answer them.

A Mind is Terrible Thing to Waste
A Mind is Terrible Thing to Waste

Small mishaps can shed light on massive problems, as our man discovered when he forgot and left his laptop at home, then stumbled across an epiphany.

Best songs for teaching your kid about death.
Best songs for teaching your kid about death.

So how do you teach your kid, if not to fear death, then at least to respect it?

Why “He’s just not into you” is a great line
Why “He’s just not into you” is a great line

Men are in a state of arrested adolescence because they no longer have to work hard for sex.  In a world of abundant, free or pay-by-the-glass milk, few men need or want their own.

Massholian Exceptionalism
Massholian Exceptionalism

The Masshole diaspora has a deep bench of "Undeniable” talent on which PM will build better Planned-Man versions of our best selves.

Diversity and Tolerance Properly Understood and Pursued
Diversity and Tolerance Properly Understood and Pursued

Be you! Just do it! But not at my expense or with my coerced blessing. To require those is to pursue tyranny and injustice.

Feminine Thought is Not of One Mind.
Feminine Thought is Not of One Mind.

The female brain is approximately 3.125 times more complicated than our simple manly minds. A good thing, too.

Old and New Dads Made Better
Old and New Dads Made Better

Marriage and family—and particularly his commitment to be a better husband and father— is pushing his evolution as comedian. Only through giving a damn and putting in the hard work does such comedic genius come. 

Profiles in Fatherhood on Father’s Day
Profiles in Fatherhood on Father’s Day

News Alert: It turns out that the presence of a father in a home matters a lot. Good news: it does not require a lot. Just one thing: being there.

The cure for what ails America is equality properly understood
The cure for what ails America is equality properly understood

Equality and liberty, rather than being at odds with each other, are really joined at the hip. It isn’t either-or. It’s both-and. (Part three of a series.)

Our brave new world: The ‘brother’s keeper’ plantation state
Our brave new world: The ‘brother’s keeper’ plantation state

As we are seeing unfold in real time — and as we have seen long before now — progressive dreams put into action are black, brown, and middle-class nightmares. (Part two of a series.)

How to break ranks and escape the Democrats’ plantation
How to break ranks and escape the Democrats’ plantation

Who can lead the way out of this illiberal, woke madness? Dissatisfied men. (Part four of a series.)

The woke program is our American pogrom
The woke program is our American pogrom

If we don’t want to lose our country, we need to wake up to the woke. We need to push back mightily against this vision of the world. The hour is late. (Part one of a series.)

What does the Pill mean for Men, Manliness and Charles Darwin?
What does the Pill mean for Men, Manliness and Charles Darwin?

Imagine a modern woman— sexually  liberated and not on the pill—with a nose for the right guy to date and mate. That's a modern world made for men and women—and for the survival of the species. 

For fathers with daughters: Happy Father’s Day! Now don’t screw it up.
For fathers with daughters: Happy Father’s Day! Now don’t screw it up.

At the risk of sounding a little syrupy, I have to say one of the great rewards of being the father of daughters is hearing them giggle together late into the night. 

Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day

On this Memorial Day, I’m proud to live in country that has given breath to such great men. “We the People” need to remember our dead—not only to pay our debts to the past but to create a future for citizens who, when duty calls, rise and sadly fall in our common defense.

Guy’s Guide to Gay Guys
Guy’s Guide to Gay Guys

Gay men are making it better for the rest of us, by taking themselves out of the competition for hot chicks. Planned Man owes them a debt of public and personal gratitude for that.

Mother’s Men
Mother’s Men

Mother’s Men are not Mama’s Boys. Mamas’ Boys don’t think for themselves. They are governed. They are subjects. Mother’s men are free men.

Sexual Suicide
Sexual Suicide

Few books stand the test of time. George Gilder’s “Sexual Suicide” is one of them.

Guys Weekend: Men Becoming Better Boys
Guys Weekend: Men Becoming Better Boys

Boyhood is our own private neighborhood of life, a great place to visit. It's where our best friends live and the place we've hidden all our secret joys.

Kevin Samuels: The Don Draper of Relationship Advice
Kevin Samuels: The Don Draper of Relationship Advice

Imagine a black Don Draper telling women the truth about what men really think. Not Hallmark myths that lead to unfilled dreams and unhappy lives, but effectual truths, the knowledge of which, just might help both sexes escape our shared sexual misery.

Planned Manswers: Health care proxies.
Planned Manswers: Health care proxies.

Hey Google, we don't want 211 million results in .67 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about healthcare proxies.

Barbie, Let me Introduce you to Ken: The Value of Knowing a Man’s Best Mind  
Barbie, Let me Introduce you to Ken: The Value of Knowing a Man’s Best Mind  

This is the root of our American sexual dysfunction. Ladies, you don’t know or care to know your man’s best mind. If you did know your man’s best mind on things that concern you, you and he could be happier together.

Planned Manswers: Should I have a 529 plan for my kids?
Planned Manswers: Should I have a 529 plan for my kids?

Hey Google, We don't want 165 million results in .53 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about having a 529 plans for your kids.

A Better Defense for Bad Behavior
A Better Defense for Bad Behavior

What is “the root of all evil?”  This: What is pleasurable is habit-forming.  If you remember anything from this conversation it's that pleasure is the root cause of mankind’s war on fun.

Planned Manswers: What if I forgot to start saving for retirement?
Planned Manswers: What if I forgot to start saving for retirement?

Ever notice how nobody saves for the past? The future is what savings is all about.

Planned Manswers: I need a mortgage quick!
Planned Manswers: I need a mortgage quick!

Hey Google, we don't want 3.6 million results in .92 seconds; We just want you to tell us what we need to know about mortgages!

The Guy List: Bill Maher
The Guy List: Bill Maher

Just when you think he's right, he's left. Truth is, Bill Maher is never where you think he is politically. He's where he wants to be.

The Guy List: Bill Burr
The Guy List: Bill Burr

Bill Burr is the most “undeniable,” on-the-mark comedian of our cultural revolution. His diagnosis, prognosis and prescription are spot-on for what ails the feverishly woke American mind.

Planned Manswers: Should I max out my IRA, 401(k) & Roth?
Planned Manswers: Should I max out my IRA, 401(k) & Roth?

Rememebr, a good 401(k) or retirement account isn't supposed to be a savings account...

Planned Manswers: What should I do with my retirement money???
Planned Manswers: What should I do with my retirement money???

Hey google, What should I do with my retirement money??? Here at PM we narrow the results for you!

The Guy List: Dave Portnoy
The Guy List: Dave Portnoy

Dave Portnoy is a lucky guy who made fame and fortune the easy way—he gave men what they wanted: sports and gambling. The girls and pizza are enjoyed as well.

Planned Manswers: Improving your credit score.
Planned Manswers: Improving your credit score.

Hey Google, we don't want 464 million results in .81 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about finding the best credit repair service.

Robert Woodson: A Better Vision on Race
Robert Woodson: A Better Vision on Race

Robert Woodson has a unique message of empowerment through personal responsibility. Thankfully, it's a message heard by more and more people.

Redline Diplomacy American-Style
Redline Diplomacy American-Style

Mr. President, we need you to win. Continuing our way of life requires success. When you hit the mat, we hit the mat. We rise and fall together. We don’t know that it is like to be Number Two, and we don’t want to find out. 

The Guy List: Joe Rogan
The Guy List: Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan—this guy has some manly range: comedian, ring commentator. He’s a black belt’s black belt. But Rogan’s gift to the world is The Joe Rogan Experience—an experience that is showing the way forward to a shared, sane lane.

Planned Manswers: Should I get my kid an IRA?
Planned Manswers: Should I get my kid an IRA?

The earlier your kid starts learning about money, saving, investing and personal finance, the better.

Planned Manswers: What if I forgot to start saving for retirement? Is it okay to write my will online?
Planned Manswers: What if I forgot to start saving for retirement? Is it okay to write my will online?

There you are, with your sound mind and whatever body, wondering what to do about an online will. Read this now, die later.

The Guy List: Denzel Washington
The Guy List: Denzel Washington

Shortly after bitch-slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, Denzel Washington gave Will Smith this advice: “At your highest moment, be careful.  That is when the devil comes for you.”

Planned Manswers: “Do I need a will or a trust?”
Planned Manswers: “Do I need a will or a trust?”

Your last words may be memorable, but if you really want your survivors to pay attention, have a lawyer put those words in your will.

The Guy List: Robert Woodson
The Guy List: Robert Woodson

Robert L. Woodson stepped out of a difficult background to show how to build a future based on personal responsibility.

The Guy List: Dana White
The Guy List: Dana White

Dana White is the genius who paid $2 million for three little letters—U-F-C—and used them to spell "success".

The Guy List: Tim Ferriss
The Guy List: Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss is the 60-minute man — times four, but we're still waiting for the 'four-hour quickie.'

Planned Manswers: When should I start taking Social Security?
Planned Manswers: When should I start taking Social Security?

Planned Manswers: Do I need burial insurance?
Planned Manswers: Do I need burial insurance?

Basically, it's the same thing as whole life insurance with a clever marketing spin.

The Guy List: Sean O’Reilly, the visionary behind DICK Management
The Guy List: Sean O’Reilly, the visionary behind DICK Management

Sean O'Reilly knows the difference between your inner dick and your happy package. And he says either way, to be a man, you need to get a grip.

Where Bill Gates Blew it
Where Bill Gates Blew it

What made the West best, it turns out, is smart dating and solid mating.

Top US Places for Your Honeymoon
Top US Places for Your Honeymoon

"Travel magazines are just one cupcake after another. They're not about travel. The travel magazine is, in fact, about the opposite of travel. It's about having a nice time on a honeymoon, or whatever." — Paul Theroux

The Wise Guy’s 9-to-5
The Wise Guy’s 9-to-5

Give our underworld man a couple of grapefruits and a blonde wig and he sounds like Dolly!

Why you are what you wear at work.
Why you are what you wear at work.

If what you're wearing today is the same thing you were wearing five, ten or fifteen years ago, it's time you stop and think about how your boring wardrobe is killing your boring career.

The Best Home Improvements for the Money
The Best Home Improvements for the Money

Your home sweet home will be a lot sweeter if your sweeteners are things that pay for themselves.

The Admirably Fierce (and Bizarre) Morality of Children
The Admirably Fierce (and Bizarre) Morality of Children

If you want to see a highly nuanced moral compass at work, ask a child which way is "right."

Why reading books makes you smarter.
Why reading books makes you smarter.

Reading books not only makes you smarter, it's also really smart to read books for your overall quality of life and health.

Review: Master’s Degrees Are the Second-Biggest Scam in Higher Education
Review: Master’s Degrees Are the Second-Biggest Scam in Higher Education

Planned Manswers: Refinancing student loans
Planned Manswers: Refinancing student loans

Hey Google, we don't want 84 million results in .71 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about finding somewhere to refinance our student loans.

HBO’s Tiger, and emergence of an American Super Hero
HBO’s Tiger, and emergence of an American Super Hero

Tiger, and emergence of an American Super Hero, find out how....

How to Calculate How Much Home You Can Afford
How to Calculate How Much Home You Can Afford

Before you buy a home you need that one number – the monthly nut you have to meet. Here’s how to figure out what you can afford.

Five Skills That Will Make You a Human Swiss Army Knife
Five Skills That Will Make You a Human Swiss Army Knife

The difference between the Swiss Guard and the Swiss Army? The knife, which is actually useful.

HBO’s Tiger:  Golf’s GOAT and American Avenger
HBO’s Tiger: Golf’s GOAT and American Avenger

Tiger holds up to a “warts and all” examination better than most of us might. The documentary got my creative juices flowing. I envisioned a graphic comic series that becomes a blockbuster movie: a new American Avenger, built around golf.

‘Scent of a Woman’ is Really About the Scent of a Man
‘Scent of a Woman’ is Really About the Scent of a Man

“Scent of a Woman” is really About the scent of a man: Frank’s defense of Charlie captures the ideal of manliness, which PM exists to nurture, defend, entertain and serve.

Dangerous Questions from Women
Dangerous Questions from Women

'Do I look fat in this?' is not a question. It's a test—to see if you remember what Nancy Reagan taught you about drugs: Just say no.

The Guy List: Dave Chappelle
The Guy List: Dave Chappelle

The Best Places to Buy a House If You Work Remotely
The Best Places to Buy a House If You Work Remotely

If remote work means you can live anywhere you want, where should that be? Here are some of our best ideas, including a rolling house you can buy that includes a built-in office.

Four Perfect Playlists for Independence Day
Four Perfect Playlists for Independence Day

What is Independence Day without music? To help you celebrate the birth of our nation from picnic to party to personal reflection to fireworks, we offer these four perfect July 4 playlists.

If you want to win, you have to be “Relentless”
If you want to win, you have to be “Relentless”

If you want to win, you have to be “Relentless”—and you can learn what it takes here from the championship trainer who worked with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley and many other pro athletes.

Is Romance even possible?
Is Romance even possible?

Revenge: The case for and against.
Revenge: The case for and against.

Revenge - The Case for and Against: Would anyone still be talking about "The Princess Bride" if instead of saying "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die," he had said "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to be forgiven"?

The Guy List: Dr. Doug Stein, Jonathan Stack & World Vasectomy Day
The Guy List: Dr. Doug Stein, Jonathan Stack & World Vasectomy Day

Another day, another snip. How Dr Doug Stein and filmmaker Jonathan Stack are changing men's lives one vasectomy at a time.

Planned Manswers: Are reverse mortgages a scam?
Planned Manswers: Are reverse mortgages a scam?

Hey Google, we don't want 28 million results in .69 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about Reverse mortgages

Happy Mother’s Day: Let The Family Review Begin
Happy Mother’s Day: Let The Family Review Begin

Mother’s Day is a different sport from Father’s Day. Mother’s Day is the yearly family review. It’s the day when Moms sit back, mimosa in hand, and take stock in her maternal investment portfolio.

Planned Manswers: If you need low-cost life insurance.
Planned Manswers: If you need low-cost life insurance.

Hey Google, we don't want 1.4 billion results in .92 seconds; we just want you to tell us what we need to know about life insurance.

Second Sexual Revolution
Second Sexual Revolution

Planned Man’s purpose is revolutionary. Our goal is to inaugurate the second phase of the sexual revolution, where men and women are equal partners in reproductive responsibility.

The Guy List: Andrew Sullivan
The Guy List: Andrew Sullivan

Start Now: How to Save Money, a Lot of Money.
Start Now: How to Save Money, a Lot of Money.

Building a savings, whether it’s a $400 emergency fund or three months of expenses, is simple but will never happen unless you take these basic steps.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT BLONDES?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT BLONDES?

World-renowned anthropologist Desmond Morris solves an age-old mystery: What IS it about blondes?

Classic Songs Where the Live Version Is Better
Classic Songs Where the Live Version Is Better

Until you've heard it performed live, you may never have truly heard it performed. Here's a tribute to a few bands and performers who really deliver for the audience from the stage.

In life, “surrendering is not an option.”
In life, “surrendering is not an option.”

Odds may be against you ever overcoming the greatest hardships you have encountered, but this book, "The Fifteen Percent", will help you understand how to recognize and change those odds so they work in your favor.

Even If You’re Not in Sales, You’re in Sales
Even If You’re Not in Sales, You’re in Sales

If you want to become much better at what you do—whatever it is—the next thing you should do is accept that sales is a big part of it.

What If You Could Retire Tomorrow?
What If You Could Retire Tomorrow?

Remember: The financial wizards who devise online retirement calculators do so because they want to scare you into investing with them.

What Do You Need to Know Before Buying a Home?
What Do You Need to Know Before Buying a Home?

Home-ownership is a kind of personal Everest. Here are the five secrets you need to know before starting your climb.

How to Get Started at Starting Your Own Business
How to Get Started at Starting Your Own Business

Starting your own business brings a mix of the glory of entrepreneurship and the drudgery of all the little things you may not even know you have to do. Here’s some help to get you started.

Take your tax advice from a CPA-turned-Navy SEAL warrior
Take your tax advice from a CPA-turned-Navy SEAL warrior

What do a Navy SEAL, a best-selling author, a college professor, a fitness guru, a brewery founder and an entrepreneur all have in common? They're all Mark Devine.

Basic Blackjack Strategies to Win Big
Basic Blackjack Strategies to Win Big

The only thing standing between poor you and rich you are the two cards in front of you. Wanna bet?

Why Men Avoid Vasectomies
Why Men Avoid Vasectomies

For the record, a vasectomy surgery typically has no effect on a man’s sexual desire, ability to get an erection, or produce sperm or ejaculate.

Five times in Life When You May Need a Good Lawyer
Five times in Life When You May Need a Good Lawyer

Yeah, you know you’ll need one for that DUI arrest and your divorce. But you may not be thinking about lawyers the way you should. Here’s a grown-up’s guide to legal help.

Do the Math: Great At-Home Fitness Products That’re Also Great for Your Wallet
Do the Math: Great At-Home Fitness Products That’re Also Great for Your Wallet

Should you workout at home or a gym? That's a personal decision. But don't forget it's a personal finance decision, too. If you want to save money and workout at home, here are six great pieces of gear to get you started.

The Guy List: Roman Health, the online men’s health platform for ED, baldness, etc.
The Guy List: Roman Health, the online men’s health platform for ED, baldness, etc.

Would you go to see a doctor if the doc were on your desktop?

Education ROI: Make your school put some skin in the game.
Education ROI: Make your school put some skin in the game.

We're impressed with Careerist.com: If they accept you as a student, they put skin in the game by offering IT training and job placement with salaries starting around $70K/year and let you pay for most tuition monthly after you start your new job.

Welcome to the Charleston School of Celebrity
Welcome to the Charleston School of Celebrity

Actor Bill Murray has turned being a celebrity into an art-form full of pranks that deliver joy to others around him in his hometown of Charleston SC. And another local celebrity in Charleston named Bob shows how anyone can become a local celebrity.

How to Establish a Realistic Home Budget
How to Establish a Realistic Home Budget

Budgeting your money is the master plan of a planned life. Here’s how to take control of your cash and live a financially secure life.

Meet The Self-Help Guru Who Thinks Self-Help Sucks
Meet The Self-Help Guru Who Thinks Self-Help Sucks

There are many reasons why we hate self-help books, but one of the biggest is that self-help gurus only seem able to succeed if they prove to you that you suck and they don’t—this guy is the exception.

“Sorry” Accepted:  A No-Handshake Forgiveness for Louie CK
“Sorry” Accepted: A No-Handshake Forgiveness for Louie CK

How is it that CNN's Jeffrey Toobin gets caught on Zoom pleasuring himself in front of his work colleagues and gets a six-month time-out (and is now back on the air), while LCK is apparently banned for life. Ironic? No. it’s despotic.

Men and Women, Sin and Marriage
Men and Women, Sin and Marriage

Wake up from this nightmare and have a good hard look—a Christian look—at who men and women really are, and at why marriage of the Christian sort is an antidote to the ugly truth about men and women that the egalitarian dream makes impossible to see.

The Best Martial Arts for Every Goal
The Best Martial Arts for Every Goal

Want to bring a higher level of fitness to both your body and your mind? If so, here's how to choose a martial art that will give you greater control, greater confidence in a fight, greater balance — and maybe even give you the thrill of breaking a few boards.

Ten First-Date Ideas
Ten First-Date Ideas

The cardinal sin of any first date — hell, any date — is boredom. Here are some shake-it-up ideas that will provide an interesting date whether you ultimately hit it off or not.

How Many Ways Can You Gamble?
How Many Ways Can You Gamble?

Think you can avoid opportunities to gamble? A double-sawbuck sez you're wrong.

The Post Roe two step: First step Freezer;  Second step, Vasectomy
The Post Roe two step: First step Freezer; Second step, Vasectomy

Here’s the headline: men should get reversible vasectomies — not in their thirties and forties after kids, but early as a form of male birth control.

Sports Betting Basics
Sports Betting Basics

The world is full of ways to lose money—and a bookie can help you find them all.

Honor among wise-guys.
Honor among wise-guys.

'Because I always took care of everybody, everybody wanted to work for me.'

One Man’s Story: ‘I took a mulligan on my vasectomy and got my third child.’
One Man’s Story: ‘I took a mulligan on my vasectomy and got my third child.’

“I told my buddy, John, about my vasectomy reversal: ‘It was microsurgery. They wore high-powered microscope glasses.’ His smart-ass response: ‘Of course he did...for you!’ But John had no smart-ass response to offer once my third child—my post-vasectomy-reversal child—was born.”

Barstool: Sports for Fans of…Sports
Barstool: Sports for Fans of…Sports

In a media world where sports coverage is increasingly politicized, Barstool Sports has succeeded big time by breaking the mold. It sticks to sports.

Sex Education (From a Life-Long Learner)
Sex Education (From a Life-Long Learner)

You get what you pay for, or so they say. And when it comes to sex, you might even get more. Or less.

How to Pick the Best Family Vacation Destination
How to Pick the Best Family Vacation Destination

Today, there are fewer and fewer shared experiences when traveling, so the destination really does matter more than the journey. 

911! Lady Liberty has fallen, and we need to stand her back up!
911! Lady Liberty has fallen, and we need to stand her back up!

We lost more than 2,997 souls and some very large architecture twenty years ago. We also lost the ability to rely on our own culture to protect us.

Wise Guy Job Advice: The mob’s a meritocracy.
Wise Guy Job Advice: The mob’s a meritocracy.

Some career counseling from a very wise guy: "If you go from a soldier to a capo, it's because you earned your way to the top."

Charles Evers: The Greatest American Nobody Knows
Charles Evers: The Greatest American Nobody Knows

Charles Evers, who died a year ago this month, is the great unknown civil rights hero, and what he believed is more meaningful now than ever

Planned Man Going Public
Planned Man Going Public

Planned Man— there ought to be a destination for men that celebrates and serves the best for men. That's our plan. You deserve it.  We all do. In fact, our culture needs it. Check us out.

Hangover!: Your Five Best Cures
Hangover!: Your Five Best Cures

How to cure a hangover? Yes, not drinking too much is one solution. But let's skip that one...and move on to some real cures for fun people who like to have real fun by really drinking a lot.

Jordan Peterson looks into your soul, predicts your career success.
Jordan Peterson looks into your soul, predicts your career success.

Unlike many other interviews where Peterson answers many of the same questions and responds to many of the usual charges, here Rob Moore engages Peterson in an exchange that feels a lot more like two guys in a bar knocking back a couple of beers.

Yellowstone
Yellowstone

“Yellowstone” is a monumental drama of ranchers stuck fighting old enemies on the ascent and new opponents of progress.

Why Jordan Peterson Keeps Pissing Them Off
Why Jordan Peterson Keeps Pissing Them Off

Sometimes it’s smart to judge people by others who hate them. That’s why we want to make sure you are paying attention to one of our heroes, Jordan Peterson.

The All-New “Seven Deadly Sins” for Today
The All-New “Seven Deadly Sins” for Today

Yes, pride, greed, lust, envy, sloth, gluttony, and wrath sound, well, if not bad, at least entertaining. But the "new" sins of men today also need to be called out.

Hannibal Lecter, sobriety and social media.
Hannibal Lecter, sobriety and social media.

Got a problem? Sure, you can try to hide it. Or like the guy behind Hannibal Lecter, you talk about your problem on social media just in case someone else sees your post and might have the same problem as you.

Joe Rogan: Psychologist Describes ADD Mind State
Joe Rogan: Psychologist Describes ADD Mind State

Sixteen Essentials for Every Guy’s Wardrobe
Sixteen Essentials for Every Guy’s Wardrobe

At some point, a man has to show up looking good. That means having the wardrobe fundamentals at home, in stock, and ready to wear. If all you've got in your drawers and closet are faded t-shirts and cargo shorts, it's time to go shopping. Here’s your list.

Which Hairstyle Is Right For Me?
Which Hairstyle Is Right For Me?

There are only five – count them, five – different haircut styles that matter. All the rest, fuhgeddaboutit!

Lou Ferrante’s Wise Guy Wisdom Part 2
Lou Ferrante’s Wise Guy Wisdom Part 2

More Yoda-lore from a wise-guy. This episode: Location, location, location. So where to settle for a half-century after you've done a couple of homicides?

Pop-Quiz: What’s the Toughest Sport to Play?
Pop-Quiz: What’s the Toughest Sport to Play?

You think you know tough? If so, try our “Toughest Sports” quiz and find out which is tougher: Boxing, Football or Ice Hockey? Or which rodeo sport is toughest: Bronc Riding, Calf Roping or Steer Wrestling?

GTV: Joe Rogan Experience: Prison Etiquette
GTV: Joe Rogan Experience: Prison Etiquette

Surviving Prison is not self evident. Joe and guests discuss the basic rules. PlannedMan has is own, resident Wise Guy, Louis Ferrante, Gambino soldier, and author of Unlocked: From Prison to Proust.

Steve Martin: Before he was a “wild & crazy guy.”
Steve Martin: Before he was a “wild & crazy guy.”

Before Steve Martin became famous for his white suit and the arrow through his head — and for being a "wild and crazy guy" on Saturday Night Live, he didn't seem that much more clever than the rest of us, as you can see from his appearance on 'The Dating Game'.

Easy Rider: Drugs. Sex. Freedom. Death.
Easy Rider: Drugs. Sex. Freedom. Death.

We agree with Quentin Tarantino, the guy who brought us "Kill Bill" and "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," when he described "Easy Rider" as the movie that "...might be the single greatest example of '60s cinema in almost every way."

To Kill a Mockingbird: “In the name of God, do your duty.”
To Kill a Mockingbird: “In the name of God, do your duty.”

Even though Atticus Finch makes this appeal to the jury in the Tom Robinson rape trial, "In the name of God, do your duty," if you watch carefully, you'll realize he's making the same appeal to you.

Pop-Quiz: The Ten Most Dangerous Sports in the World
Pop-Quiz: The Ten Most Dangerous Sports in the World

The World Atlas has now put some numbers to our most manly of manly sporting exploits. So you think you know danger? Prove it here.

Bill Maher Defends Dave Chappelle: “Everyone Needs To Netflix And Chill The F*ck Out”
Bill Maher Defends Dave Chappelle: “Everyone Needs To Netflix And Chill The F*ck Out”

Maher said one can be "pro-Dave" and not anti-trans, citing a phenomenon he calls the "One True Opinion."

Pop Quiz: What Are the Five Most Mentally Challenging Sports?
Pop Quiz: What Are the Five Most Mentally Challenging Sports?

There's a peak-performer mindset for every activity you engage in, from sports to work performance and even to sexual performance. You just have to find it.

A Feminist who Likes Guys
A Feminist who Likes Guys

Kay Hymowitz is a Planned Man’s friend. This brilliant journalist and scholar likes real Men, and is firmly on the side of doing right by them.

Grill Time: C’Mon Baby, Light My Fire!
Grill Time: C’Mon Baby, Light My Fire!

If you prefer the taste of burger over lighter fluid in your mouth when you eat, and would rather not eat to the smell of your own singed hair, then consider PM's four favorite ways to light your fire; with a tip of the fireproof glove to Elon Musk and Hitachi Magic Wand.

Is Beer Food?
Is Beer Food?

Is beer food? We asked the experts, and they gave us a lot of interesting ideas to digest.

On Boris Johnson’s Premature Ejaculation from No. 10
On Boris Johnson’s Premature Ejaculation from No. 10

Boris Johnson has been forced to resign because of character flaws that his ex-wife—not the mid-life crisis, baby mama—could have better advised. If only the PM got a reversible vasectomy, his political fortune would be better.

Who Knew?: The Secret Socks/Sex/Orgasm Link
Who Knew?: The Secret Socks/Sex/Orgasm Link

Socks during sex? Before you say no, give us a chance to change your mind.

Tobacco stocks: You got a problem with that?
Tobacco stocks: You got a problem with that?

Tobacco stocks are like the movie "Indecent Proposal": A million dollars to do something that some, perhaps even you, find morally objectionable. Worth it? As Redford's character says: "Think of it. A lifetime of security... for one night."

How to Negotiate with a Car Dealer
How to Negotiate with a Car Dealer

Car buying in the age of the internet is simultaneously easier and more challenging than it has ever been. Here’s how to get a great deal on your next ride.

1883–the Prequel to Yellowstone, Just Might be an Equal
1883–the Prequel to Yellowstone, Just Might be an Equal

If you are a fan of 'Yellowstone', you’ll like '1883'.  The prequel is in the running to be an equal.   

How to pick the “best” credit card?
How to pick the “best” credit card?

There is no such things as "the best credit card," because everyone's needs and spending habits are different. So how do you pick which is best for you?

“My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole.”
“My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole.”

We don’t agree with ‘The New York Times’ very often, but they nailed it in Tucker Max’s case: “Highly entertaining and thoroughly reprehensible.”

Skip Vegas: Better Places to Go for a Bachelor Party
Skip Vegas: Better Places to Go for a Bachelor Party

Vegas for your next bachelor party? Or you could make sure it’s a bachelor party blowout that feels fresh and original, and something both the groom and groomsmen will remember for all the right reasons.

Five Basic Cleaning Products Every Guy Needs
Five Basic Cleaning Products Every Guy Needs

As men, we like tools. We like owning tools, buying tools, and using tools. The good news is, your same love of tools can be applied when it comes to cleaning your house.

The Four Most Confusing Rules in Sport, Explained
The Four Most Confusing Rules in Sport, Explained

A good game requires good rules. And the first rule of rule-making is keep it logical. That's where the trouble starts.

How Guns Made America Great …(and Rich)
How Guns Made America Great …(and Rich)

There is a major aspect of the relationship between America and guns that isn’t much known or celebrated, but should be.  Guns were the seed that spawned the Industrial Revolution on these shores. 

An Open Letter Denouncing the Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas
An Open Letter Denouncing the Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas

Regardless of where one stands on Justice Thomas’ personal or legal opinions, he is among the pantheon of black trailblazers throughout American history....

Our Best Man: Layng Martine, Jr.
Our Best Man: Layng Martine, Jr.

More of us ought to be like Layng. You need to get to know him, to be like him.

The birthplace of your favorite booze
The birthplace of your favorite booze

Ever been so drunk that you began to wonder about the history of your favorite drink? Yeah, us too. Ever been so drunk you almost felt like you had reverted back from human back to ape? Turns out, that's no coincidence...

The naked truth about your wife’s nudity.
The naked truth about your wife’s nudity.

Your girlfriend or wife. Naked. In front of a roomful of strangers. And it's her hobby. How do you feel about that?

Self defense: How to teach your family to be badasses.
Self defense: How to teach your family to be badasses.

A robbery occurs every 1.7 minutes, an aggravated assault every 39 seconds, and a violent crime goes down every 24.6 seconds, according to the FBI’s “Crime Clock.” Are you and your family prepared for the unexpected?

The Tragedy of the Woke Commons:  @jordanbpeterson, RIP
The Tragedy of the Woke Commons: @jordanbpeterson, RIP

Jordan Peterson abandons twitter’s cage to perch his undeniable talent on the Daily Wire. The mainstream is going to get noticeably dumber in the great professor’s absence.

The Real Divide in America: Those Who Can-Do and Those Who Can’t
The Real Divide in America: Those Who Can-Do and Those Who Can’t

There are two human animals in America — those clever enough to use tools to do useful things, and those bonobos who can't.

How to Do the Impossible: Career Advice from Kenneth Cole
How to Do the Impossible: Career Advice from Kenneth Cole

To successfully launch his business, Kenneth Cole had to think fast, change the name of his company and tell the mayor of NYC just one, little, white lie. There’s a lot to be learned from Kenneth Cole’s story when it comes to your career.

Pascal’s Wager: Vegas-style odds on saving your soul?
Pascal’s Wager: Vegas-style odds on saving your soul?

Even if Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry can't help you find a belief in God, we're pretty sure Blaise Pascal can. He is the guy, after all, who first invented roulette, and then invented the ultimate betting system designed to save your soul.

Mob Wisdom: To Kill or Not to Kill?
Mob Wisdom: To Kill or Not to Kill?

It was one of the great dilemmas of modern mob history: What to do about the mobster who'd accidentally killed a federal agent? Herein an insider's account.

The “Don’t Be a Dumbass” Diet
The “Don’t Be a Dumbass” Diet

The "Don't Be a Dumbass" Diet: Eat more healthy food. Eat less shitty food. And get a little exercise every day. That's it. Of course, because you're not a dumbass you already knew all that. But if you're like most us, you know it but you don't do it. We're here to help.

Make WFH = Work from Paradise
Make WFH = Work from Paradise

It’s easier than ever to be a digital nomad working in paradise instead of in a cubicle.

Lonesome Dove: ‘…hate rude behavior in a man. …won’t tolerate it.’
Lonesome Dove: ‘…hate rude behavior in a man. …won’t tolerate it.’

“...the better measure of ‘Lonesome Dove’s’ import is anecdotal. If you know a Texan named Gus under the age of twenty, odds are he was named after McCrae. I know two such kids—and one is a girl.”

Why your son needs a job at a hair salon.
Why your son needs a job at a hair salon.

Looking back, I wish my Dad would have told me to go get a job at the local hair salon, sweeping up the hair and stocking boxes and folding smocks to benefit from being around lots of women in an environment that is all theirs, so I could watch, listen and learn. 

How Not to Parent 101: Lesson 12 — The Dad Takeover
How Not to Parent 101: Lesson 12 — The Dad Takeover

One Saturday not long ago, my 5-year old daughter Sally got it into her head to put on a play called 'The Princess and the Duke'. Before I knew what it was about, I was urging advice upon her. Turns out, the one who needed advice was me.

Divorce (It’s a Woman Thing)
Divorce (It’s a Woman Thing)

Surprising as it is, the statistics are clear: When marriages fall apart, it's usually the woman who ends it.

Reflections of an Ex-blonde
Reflections of an Ex-blonde

“Males flirt with blondes—almost reflexively. Perhaps blondes do the same in return.”

Gas vs. Electric — Circa 1895
Gas vs. Electric — Circa 1895

The Great Race of 1895 -- pitting gas vs. electric -- helped set the direction of the auto industry for the next century. Then it evolved.

Rules By the Dozen
Rules By the Dozen

Curiosity is the instinct that prompts us to act, so a book about curiosity should tell us how to act. This is the first to do so with its 12 rules for life.

Experts say “Smoking is good for you.”
Experts say “Smoking is good for you.”

No really - they're all good for you: Smoking, having unprotected sex, watching a lot of TV, drinking heavily and getting stressed. Bonus health points when you do all these activities simultaneously.

Smoking, Drinking, Sex: How Rituals Make Everything that’s Bad Better
Smoking, Drinking, Sex: How Rituals Make Everything that’s Bad Better

The best things about the best things in life may not even be those things. If that sounds confusing, read on and discover a great lesson about the art of embracing rituals as an essential part of pleasure.

Joe Rogan Experience:  Pursuit of Pleasure:  Blair White Tells Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan Experience: Pursuit of Pleasure: Blair White Tells Joe Rogan

Blaire White joins Joe Rogan on the Joe Rogan Experience and opens up to Joe about Her DMT Experience in regards to her pursuit of pleasure.

Four-minute cigar school (and other classic cigar videos)
Four-minute cigar school (and other classic cigar videos)

Why smoke a cigar? That's easy. They're fun to buy. They're fun to smoke. They're a lot of fun, especially if you want to piss other people off.

Pack Like a Pro: Business Travel
Pack Like a Pro: Business Travel

If you want to know how to pack like a pro for business travel, then the experts you should get your tips from are pilots and flight attendants. What kind of gear do they use, and how do they pack? We've got the answers here.

A Man’s Life in Tools: A Journey
A Man’s Life in Tools: A Journey

Tools fall into the “better to have and not need than need and not have” category of life necessities. But tools are like wisdom – you accumulate them with age. So here are the tools you need as you rise through life.

The One Suit Every Man Should Own
The One Suit Every Man Should Own

Used to be, a guy would need three, or four or even seven suits. Today? Most of us will get by with just one for the rest of our lives. So what kind of suit should it be? Let us be your personal shopper for a few minutes, and we'll tell you everything you need to know.

Joe Rogan Experience:  The Pursuit of Pleasure:  Ron White’s Ayahuasca Experience
Joe Rogan Experience: The Pursuit of Pleasure: Ron White’s Ayahuasca Experience

Ron White goes on The Joe Rogan Experience and opens up about his Ayahuasca Experience.

Know thy marriage
Know thy marriage

Want to be a better man? Find a woman even better than you are.

Joe Rogan Experience”: Is there a relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Use?
Joe Rogan Experience”: Is there a relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Use?

Dr Carl Hart discusses whether there is a relationship between Schizophrenia and Drug Use?

How Love Conquers Even Politics (Sometimes)
How Love Conquers Even Politics (Sometimes)

How can you tell there's a civil war coming? Suddenly, nobody around you is civil.

$5 Billion Dollars of Investing Advice, from a Penny-Stock Investor in PayPal
$5 Billion Dollars of Investing Advice, from a Penny-Stock Investor in PayPal

In a few broad strokes, here's how one founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, used the same kind of Roth IRA that you and I have, to create $5 billion in untaxed income. You do have a Roth IRA, right?

Joe Rogan Experience:  Bill Maher on the Hunger of Common Sense
Joe Rogan Experience: Bill Maher on the Hunger of Common Sense

Bill Maher goes on the Joe Rogan Experience and shares his view on the hunger for common sense

Joe Rogan Experience:  Veteran Dakota Meyer on Ibogain Therapy for PTSD
Joe Rogan Experience: Veteran Dakota Meyer on Ibogain Therapy for PTSD

Dakota Meyer describes what Ibogain Therapy is like for PTSD on the joe rogan experience

Sean Connery’s views on women, relationships and masculinity
Sean Connery’s views on women, relationships and masculinity

Sean Connery’s views on women, relationships and masculinity. Lets see if they are what you think they are

Joe Rogan Experience:  Stephen Pinker on What Happened on Being Rational
Joe Rogan Experience: Stephen Pinker on What Happened on Being Rational

Stephen Pinker shares his view on What Happened on Being Rational on the Joe Rogan Experience

Great American Stories: ‘Pursuit of Happiness’
Great American Stories: ‘Pursuit of Happiness’

Switching gears, 20 years ago today, George H.W. Bush, the retired 41st president of the United States, sent a poignant email to a White House correspondent he'd met only once.

Become the God of Ribs and Rubs
Become the God of Ribs and Rubs

Interrogating a pig properly over a well-made grill under a bare lightbulb will cause it to spill all the secrets of great BBQ.

Guy’s Weekly Reader
Guy’s Weekly Reader

Guy takes a spin around the global-wide web and comes back with a bunch of souvenirs. First in a series.

Great American Stories: Taxing Concerns
Great American Stories: Taxing Concerns

Today is the 160th anniversary of the first federal income tax in the United States. It's not a date that gets much publicity, although it probably should. The ability to tax implies an ability to spend, which begs the big question: How much should be spent?

The best argument for cats
The best argument for cats

A woman veterinarian makes the case for men who love cats because nobody else will.

Great American Stories: Barack Obama’s 60th Birthday
Great American Stories: Barack Obama’s 60th Birthday

It seems like only yesterday that a youthful and slender Barack Obama strode onto the national political stage. Yet the 44th U.S. president turns 60 today.

Great American Stories: When Calvin Coolidge Stepped Up
Great American Stories: When Calvin Coolidge Stepped Up

Ninety-eight years ago today, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office upon the death of Warren G. Harding. It was a most unusual presidential swearing-in, and certainly the most private.

The 7 Different Types Of Beer
The 7 Different Types Of Beer

We're not talking about your dad’s beer here. He probably just wanted a mug of Old Style, and didn’t give a crap about “tasting notes.” But for better or worse, we live in a different world and when it comes to beer, here are the basics that every guy needs to know.

In the ‘Highlights’ Era, Even Porn Suffers
In the ‘Highlights’ Era, Even Porn Suffers

Technology delivers everything, including highlights of hot dates, at the speed of 5G. But we have an ancient memory of love in dimly-lit rooms with actual living people using their real names. Call it paleo-kink.

Great American Stories: No Joy in Mudville
Great American Stories: No Joy in Mudville

The only trait seemingly shared by players, agents, and owners in MLB is greed.

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