Bernarr Macfadden, who almost single-handedly launched the twin American obsessions with diet and exercise, wanted you to picture a roaring lion when you said his name out loud. Not content with his ...

Just as a surgeon will whip out his scalpel to whittle away proud flesh, so the American Medical Association has whetted the policy of Hygeia, its monthly instrument for the interpretation of modern ...

Three cheers for tabloid TV, "alternate facts," fad diets, anti-vaccination hysteria, Chris Hemsworth's abs — all the great 21st-century breakthroughs. And three cheers for the man who anticipated all ...

How A Puny Orphan Through His Own Winning Fight For Strength, Developed the World’s Most Vital Editorial Technique. Back in the nineties a pamphlet appeared—a circular, nothing more—recom-mending an ...

Plus: Check out Book Beast, for more news on hot titles and authors and excerpts from the latest books. About 12 years ago, my boss at GQ magazine awarded me an unwanted promotion. I had been a staff ...

This is an excerpt from Jasper Craven’s new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t, available now. Beyond a war’s major tactical goals — land, resources, and the like— lies an impalpable but equally ...