Every generation there are American men who push the boundaries of what's possible at great risk to themselves. Think Chuck Yeager smashing the sound barrier in 1947, or Donald Trump shattering the Great Blue Wall in 2016. In 2019, we now know that bulletproof vests are capable of stopping five shots to the back thanks to Christopher Hicks, Charles Ferris, and numerous bottles of alcohol.
Rock bottom. It's a place most men visit at least once in their lives. It's a place from which some men never escape, but for others it's a turning point on a long road to triumphant redemption.
"In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!" – Vin Scully, 1988 World Series. In October, it was reported that the unbelievable occurred. Dr. Richard Redett had successfully performed a penis transplant on a man at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hollywood beauty standards are outrageous with insurmountable pressure on men, who are expected to remain slender or have their physiques compared to the late, great actor John Candy. Rapper Kanye West has gotten liposuction, even after his mom died during cosmetic surgery. Singer Kenny Rogers is unrecognizable from his facelift. One bearded crusader is sacrificing his health and rising against these standards. This fearless man is choosing to love himself, since no one else will, and to free the entire oppressed male gender by not conforming.
Nothing says "Freedom" more forcefully than four operational cannons in a leafy Wisconsin suburb. Sadly, city authorities have turned deaf ears toward this cry.
Kendrick Castillo was in English class when a classmate walked in and opened fire. As shots rang out, the 18-year-old Castillo charged the shooter and slammed him against the wall. His brave actions, aided by two classmates, disarmed the attacker and ended the shooting.
On August 10, 2019—a date which will live in infamy—deranged pervert and Democratic Party patron (excuse the redundancy) Jeffrey Epstein committed "suicide."
A Polish chef was forced to fight off a knife-wielding terrorist on London Bridge in November using nothing more than his bare hands and an ornamental narwhal tusk thanks to England's gun bans.
When Liam, a 5-year-old battling leukemia, was tasked with identifying his "wish," he could have gone the traditional route—swimming with dolphins, a trip to Disney World, a puppy.
When the Danbury Hat Tricks met in the locker room before their first minor league hockey team, Coach John Krupinsky had a message for all his players.
The phrase "man up" has been the source of some controversy of late, given the pervading "wokeness" of our modern age. Nevertheless, the English language does not yet posses a better combination of words to describe the heroic actions of 2019 Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year Blossom C. Brown, the Hollywood actor who staged one of the most courageous protests against mainstream media bias in recent memory.
Twenty years after that famous scene from Office Space, NFL superstar Le’Veon Bell found himself with "about a million dollars," and two chicks decided to do him.
When Empire star Jussie Smollett reported that he had been attacked by Trump-supporting racists and homophobes, the Chicago Police Department answered the call of duty. Little did they realize at the time that their extensive search would turn up a different perpetrator.
Waiting in line for the grand opening of a Chick-Fil-A in a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb, 11-year-old Sam Caruana was asked by the local NBC affiliate why he would endure standing for hours on a November night in subzero weather.
Perhaps the most common tragedy to befall the great men of history is the inability of their wives, girlfriends, or mistresses to produce a male heir worthy of carrying on their name. There are, of course, some notable exceptions. Barbara Bush gave us George W., and changed the course of history for the better. In all likelihood, the same will soon be said about Ivana Trump, who in 1977 delivered unto this earth a child who would become one of the most promising political and literary talents of his generation, and a 2019 Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year.
During the D-Day invasion, Thomas Cuthbert was an 18-year-old British soldier serving on a landing barge oiler off Utah and Omaha beaches. Luckily he made it through the war and survived the bombings. Only now at age 93 has he finally been struck by a bombshell—Melania Trump.
Ernest Hemingway defined courage as grace under pressure.
One might think a terrorist detonating a suicide vest with his children in tow rather than facing sweet American justice did not live up to Hemingway's description.
Hoyt Hutchinson was already a hero when he deflated a floating metaphor for liberal failure, but solidified his spot as a 2019 Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year when he defended his heroism to reporters.
The most successful and charismatic member of the Bush political dynasty finally welcomed a male heir into the world in 2019. George W. Bush, the greatest living former president and painter of considerable talent, celebrated the birth of his first grandson in August. For obvious reasons, this grandson is a 2019 Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year.
In February 2017, a U.S. drone strike killed al Qaeda leader Abu al-Khair al-Masri as he drove through northwestern Syria. Photos of al-Masri's Mitsubishi confused experts. The drone fired a missile. The missile killed the terrorist. The vehicle did not explode.
Did your wife catch you ogling a bit too long at Kate Upton's latest Instagram post? Or maybe got a bit upset after she found you passed out drunk on the couch this morning after saying you'd be right home to clean out the gutters? Are you taking heat because she noticed a credit card charge at the local titty bar from that day you said you were stuck working late at the office?
There's no safer bet in life than hitching your wagon to an American hero, and there's no better time to place that bet than when you've got a sneaking suspicion the hero is about to go on a heater.
Covington Catholic High School junior Nick Sandmann demonstrated character well beyond his years when he admirably defused a powder keg waiting to explode on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Often lost in the swamp during the nonsensical beltway argument over impeachment is the fact that Ukraine, thanks to President Donald J. Trump, has exactly what it needs to fight back the Russkies.
America's first self-made billionaire president, Donald J. Trump, has presided over one of the most formidable economic expansions in history. Trump's contribution to America prosperity rivals that of any U.S. president. George Washington, a mere half-billionaire, is a footnote by comparison. Abraham Lincoln was a decent leader, but the opposition and obstruction he endured at the hands of the Democrat Party pales in comparison to what their modern day counterparts have inflicted upon our innocent commander in chief.
Social scientists have long been fascinated by the "bystander effect," in which ordinary people remain idle as evil deeds are done. A group of brave commuters at London's Canning Town station showed that the opposite can happen: that everyday people can take swift heroic action when terrorists attempt to disrupt our way of life.
Perhaps the only thing that slowed President Donald Trump down in his historically successful first term was what to do about the office of the attorney general.
We live in an age where the Chinese marketplace—and Chinese censors—dictate what our movie studios make. Big budget spectacle heavy on the CGI: that's the order of the day. And don't you dare cross Beijing's authoritarian censors, because it could cost you tens of millions.
Notwithstanding former president Barack H. Obama's best efforts to undermine the greatness of the United States, 2019 was a banner year for American athletics under President Donald J. Trump. U.S. national teams even managed to find success in soccer, by far the most anti-American sport in existence, given its propensity for low scores and egregious tolerance for dramatic whining.
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Every generation there are American men who push the boundaries of what's possible at great risk to themselves. Think Chuck Yeager smashing the sound barrier in 1947, or Donald Trump shattering the Great Blue Wall in 2016. In 2019, we now know that bulletproof vests are capable of stopping five shots to the back thanks to Christopher Hicks, Charles Ferris, and numerous bottles of alcohol. 
