MADISON PARKER IS a former U.S. Navy SEAL who now trains SEALs in wilderness skills—including how to make and wield the most wicked slingshots on the planet (primitivesupply.com ). How wicked?

The Polaris Slingshot is a fun idea in a mediocre package. Styling is certainly subjective but the Slingshot brings the ugly. And in terms of performance the standard four-cylinder makes do with 173 ...

When I was 8, our family moved from downtown Norphlet to a 20-acre farm about a mile south of town. That may not sound like much of a move, but for an 8-year-old boy it was a huge change. Our house ...