You've seen the public service announcement before. An inebriated man stumbles out of a cocktail bar with a group of coworkers after having one too many. He fumbles for his keys and gets behind the wheel. He doesn't notice the police officers blended seamlessly into the surrounding buildings. After swerving a couple times, the driver pulls into a DUI roadblock. Busted. The narrator proclaims “They'll see you, before you see them.” The PSA ends with the crestfallen man in the back of a police cruiser, and the final stated admonition of “Drive Sober, or Get Pulled Over.” There are many others like Read More

Arequipa food punches above its weight. This small city of one million has produced a cuisine that beats the entire culinary output of Colombia (population 48 million). However, some gringos may need a tutorial before digging in. A certain quirk about Arequipeños must be understood. A los arequipeños les gusta chupar los huesos. A good Arequipeño sucks the bones. Picking apart the animal is part of the fun. If the bones were removed from a dish served to an Arequipeño, he would feel cheated. In Arequipa, you are not going to get a simple filet to easily cut up with your knife Read More

AV8R's recent article is probably one of the most definitive guides to shielding yourself from the predatory female nature. With his insights I thought of my own experiences—and the mechanisms a woman uses began to become clearer to me. To catch a thief, think like a thief. By isolating her traits we can disassemble them and not only find ways to protect against them, but also use them to our advantage. Emotion Emotion is a protective animal communication mechanism, by which the frightened rabbits know it's time to run, or the hungry wolf pack works in unison to corner it's pray. It Read More

The following article has been sponsored by Juice Power by Mike Cernovich It's difficult to stay healthy in the modern world. With xenoestrogens pumped into our body via our drinking water and plastic containers, forced sedentary lifestyles due to office jobs, and mass-produced food engineered to make us fat and depressed, sometimes it seems that there are no simple solutions to help us live a happy and healthy life. Until now. Can the solution to many modern health problems really be as simple as grinding up vegetables and drinking them? In his new book Juice Power, Mike Cernovich makes an airtight case that Read More

What form of government is the best? Which type of authority best accommodates the nature of man, and his aspirations for advancement, prosperity, and security? These are expansive and brash questions, ventured with some trepidation. As the poet Alexander Pope has said, only a fool would hazard such queries: For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administer'd is best: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. [Essay on Man, Epistle III.6] But as fools, we are not deterred, and will proceed. We take as our starting point one of the most underappreciated Read More