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I often could be “The First Issue is the Hardest.” think about the 19th century pioneers Don’t get me wrong, it has truly been who did that in order to travel west in a labor of love and a dream come true search of a better life. Pushing their to publish a regional men’s magazine that covers the topics horses, pushing their bodies and straining their spirits every we JerseyMen are in terested in. I do want to know why a mob hour of every long day as wilderness enveloped them. writer chooses this as a career path, how a junkyard magnate Oh my God, what, no seat belts? can make money out of smashed up cars, and what motivates I thought of those brave souls again recently during a an ultimate fighter to get in the octagon. This is all important flurry of public comment about American “exceptionalism.” stuff for guys to know! Are those pioneers not an example of that very quality that What has been so incredibly encouraging is the recep - some critics say is too chauvinistic in this global village? tion we’ve received after people have seen the inaugural JerseyMan Magazine is dedicated to the proposition that issue, from both men and women alike. Advertisers seem rugged individualism still deserves a place on the list of to love the concept and are signing on fast and furious. ad mirable American qualities. We’ve shown Jer seyMan to executives from other large True, there are 20-somethings in this country who begin local periodicals who are impressed with the layout, the a job interview by asking about retirement benefits. But journalism, and the quality of the reproduction. 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