Please Enjoy Responsibly
We’ve spent a lot of time over the last four weeks talking about men’s responsibility to use their bodies for their intended purpose (Challenge 29). The attention we’ve given to this topic over the last few weeks has given us…
I solemnly swear I will (try) watching movies like a normal person
My worst quality is that I ruin movies. I don’t give spoilers (heaven forbid). I don’t talk over important pieces of dialogue (sacrilege). And I don’t shout advice to characters on the screen (most of the time.) I am, however,…
Exercise in Futility
There comes a time in a man’s life when he finally realizes he will never play professional baseball. Or football. Or go to the Olympics. I’m almost at that age. I’m at the age where I realize that I’m older…
Then I Woke Up: Why Everyone Should Read Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy at his best reminds us of this terrifying truth: there is a human soul. Beneath the stark style and the terrifying images, the ill-fated cowboys, and all the eponymous pretty horses, McCarthy’s works challenge our material sensibilities and…
Examples Gross as Earth
Let’s talk about Shakespeare. Next to the Bible, it is difficult to find a more eloquent, prolific, and masterful explorer than the Bard of those themes which we find so interesting at Forging Honor: Masculinity, Self-reflection, and of course, Honor.…