Roger Federer: Anatomy of Glory

On Thursday, September 15th, 2022, the sports world got news it had been expecting, but had hoped wouldn’t get for…

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The 5 Greatest Ancient Mysteries Waiting to be Solved

Forging a sense of wonder and adventure is crucial to a masculine lifestyle. You become what you think about. If…

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You Don’t Have All The Time In The World

A few days ago, I learned that a member of my other project, the OBD Wiki, had died. The cause…

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Habitable Exoplanets – Who Else is Out There?

In his groundbreaking Cosmos, now nearly 40 years old, Carl Sagan speculated at length about life beyond the Earth. He…

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Michael Ventris and the Decipherment of Linear B: How an “Amateur” Shocked the World

Many people shrink from fear when it comes to challenging the “experts,” especially in intellectual fields. We’ve previously met Heinrich…

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A Tribute to the Unanimous Mariano Rivera

“Unanimous” is a word that’s hard to come by these days, but this was one of those rare times. For…

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Giancarlo Stanton, Derek Jeter, and the Importance of Ending Well

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the news over the weekend that blew up the baseball world…

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The Conspiracy of Catiline and The War of Jugurtha: Review

Foreign wars sabotaged by a great country’s own elites. Lusting for gold and blinded by greed, they put their short…

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The Best Game Ever? Ocarina of Time & The Problem of Glory

Even to this day, 1999 was one of the best years of my life. It may sound strange, but one…

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Fidel Castro: Power, Tyranny, and…Kleos?

This morning I woke up to hear the news that Fidel Castro, the longtime leader of Cuba, had died at…

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