real menauthenticthat inspire and we admire

Courage, compassion, ethics, humility, wisdom, good humor – you know, that stuff politicians are always trying to convince us they have but rarely do. The kind of stuff that brings out the best in us and gives us a smidgen of hope for the collective future of this harebrained species we belong to.

We're not going to be baited into turning this into a philosophy discussion (although our virtue ethics can kick the snot out of your meta-ethics, anytime, anyday, punk!) because, after all, we do want to keep this at a 6th grade reading level where our Managing Editor functions best.

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Life is too absurd to take ourselves very seriously, so we enjoy having a giggle or two at the particularly arrogant strutters out there, but mostly we shine a light on the everyday fellows whose behavior and actions exemplify traits we feel are worth emulating.

"But why 'tuffer men'? Some of these guys aren't 'tough' in my opinion; besides, my girlfriend says it's simply sexist posturing and you don't even spell it right."

These days the media including just about every sitcom, commercial, or cartoon portrays men as either benign idiots, egotistical braggarts, or controlling overachievers. We ourselves have a tendency to put the wrong sort of people up on pedestals to admire. Toughness in relation to masculinity is analogous to inner strength and the ability to endure hardship – it's a quality society historically finds invaluable in its men despite efforts to muddy the waters by your girlfriend. As for the spelling, we just liked it!