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Awesome Men Throughout History: Akira Kurosawa

Posted January 8, 2013

Akira Kurosawa is a name that we all hear a lot, usually without much in the way of context. For a lot of people, I think he’s just someone who their friends suddenly canR ...

The Self-Made Man: Ben Silbermann

Posted December 28, 2012

Last week’s Self Made Man, printer, Founding Father, and lecherous diplomat Ben Franklin, was one of the most gregarious people in American history, but this week’s Sel ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Henry Rollins

Posted December 27, 2012

Henry Rollins’ recent pro-gay rights statements alerted me to two things; the first is that Henry just gets cooler and more civic-minded as the years go by, and the second is ...

The Self-Made Man: Benjamin Franklin

Posted December 20, 2012

Benjamin Franklin, as we all know, was a man of many distinctions; Franklin was an author, a political theorist, a politician, a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, and a diplomat ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Frankie Smith

Posted December 18, 2012

There are probably a lot of hip-hop fans in my readership, but I wonder how many of you have heard of Frankie Smith. Despite his current obscurity, Frankie is an important and infl ...

The Self-Made Man: Matthew Inman

Posted December 13, 2012

Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, has been the subject of some pretty heavy online discussion lately. A rape joke in one of his recent cartoons stirred up a lot of outrage amo ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Charles Addams

Posted December 12, 2012

People my age have fond memories of weird/smart comic strips like The Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes, as well they should, but the work of Charles Addams puts just about everyone ...

The Self-Made Man: Johnny Temple

Posted December 6, 2012

At first glance, Johnny Temple looks like your average, boring, early-40s Brooklyn professional. You’d never guess that he grew up on DC hardcore and played bass for Girls Ag ...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Daniel Sickles

Posted December 4, 2012

You know, for all the talk I’ve heard about how coarse and degenerate modern society is, we don’t produce guys like Daniel Sickles anymore. Sickles was a New York polit ...

The Self-Made Man: Jay-Z

Posted November 29, 2012

Well, now that we’re all rested from our food comas and rid of our families (at least until Christmas rolls around in a few weeks), let’s return to the business of prof ...