Feeling Gratitude from the Sidelines of Life.

How Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding helped me dream big and escape mediocrity.

Harnessing science and technology, how far will a government go to ensure happiness for their citizens? Aldous Huxley offers answers

Preparing for the most important fist fight of my life, I learned to call upon the barbarian inside and step forward with courage.

As kids, we risked embarrassment in activities we loved to do. As adults we avoid risk and embarrassment at all costs.

Can an over-civilized and sedentary nation retain the attributes of war while denying war's dire consequences? William James says Yes.

Can over-civilized men protect a nation? In the late 19th Century, Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressives said No.

More than a few women have asked, “Hey! Can women be barbarians too?” Here’s my response to all the Barbarian Women out there!

The acclaimed author, David Foster Wallace stood before graduates at Kenyon College and gave one of the most famous commencement speeches in

Throughout the ancient and medieval world, walls, forts, and towers built along rivers and across hill tops marked the edge of the world.

“We have lying dormant in us a genetic memory. In that genetic memory there is knowledge that goes back to the ancient.” - John Trudell

Many barbarians followed their heart and met Roman “progress” with dented shields, crimson swords, and cries for war.