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The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026 (New Products Added 6/5)
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The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026 (New Products Added 6/5)
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An Arizona Golf Trip Even Non-golfers Will Enjoy

Arizona might be the rare golf destination where everyone in the group wins. Even the guy who has never swung a club.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in May 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in May 2026.

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

Luca Faloni’s summer collection makes a compelling case for dressing like an Italian all summer long.

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Comic Books for People Who Think They Don’t Like Comics

Comic books have a reputation that tends to alienate people. Superhero comics have years of continuity behind them, keeping casual fans from being able to fully immerse themselves in the universe, since they have to jump on a fan-made Wiki every time Doc Ock references something Spider-Man did with the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Turbulent History of Rye Whiskey: The Real American Spirit

For brewing and distilling, these are days of revival. Brewing was a macro-lager mess up until a few years ago, when craft brewing exploded, giving us roughly ten million choices in even the smallest liquor stores. Craft distilling is seeing a similar revitalization. Where we once had only a few…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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We Melted All Our Halloween Candy Together to Make the Ultimate Candy Bar

Ask 10 people what the best Halloween candy is and you'll get 10 different answers. It's a topic most are fairly passionate about. (The correct answer is Take 5, by the way.) It would seem, then, that there's simply no way to make every party guest or trick-or-treater happy on Halloween. Or is…

By Mike Newman
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Spotify Playlists Every Guy Should Know

Having a general knowledge of music is only going to do you good. A few up-and-comers, reliable mainstays, and personal favorites round out a personality and help people get to know each other. Plus, if you have people over or you’re carpooling somewhere, having a few reliable go-to playlists will…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Climate Change and Booze: What Could Happen to Your Favorite Adult Beverages

Talking about climate change without going darkly pessimistic is difficult. Carbon emissions and their impact on the environment have been the subject of general scientific study for nearly two hundred years. The existence of man-made climate change was first hypothesized back in 1896 by Svante Arrhenius. We’re not writing this…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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