Business

Sell better, hire better, lead better. The operating manual for running something real.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Rooftop Solar and the Numbers That Actually Decide It

A panel is honest physics. The contract is where people get hurt. Here's how to run the math yourself before anybody knocks on your door.

GuideSchool & LearningAde FisherSep 23, 20265 min

The Study Methods That Work and the Ones Wasting Your Kid's Night

Highlighting feels productive and does almost nothing. Retrieval, spacing and mixed practice do the heavy lifting, and they take less time.

Ask BRO

Rehearse the raise conversation with me

Ask it

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Start Here If You Think You Hate Poetry

Eight books, a three-minute nightly habit, and the reason the stuff they assigned you in tenth grade never had a chance.

PartnerWhackAWoke.com

Science & Space6 min read

What Holds a Bridge Up and What Eventually Takes One Down

Every bridge ever built solves the same two problems. Learn to read them, and a boring commute turns into a rolling engineering lecture.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideSchool & LearningAde FisherSep 23, 20265 min

SAT and ACT Prep Without Paying for a Course

A twelve-week plan built on free official material, one notebook, and Saturday mornings your kid will complain about.

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Reading After Sixty Without Fighting the Page

Better light, bigger type, the right device, and seven books that pay back a lifetime of reading rather than wasting what's left of it.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

PartnerDude.com

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Why Your Phone Dies at 30 Percent and EV Batteries Don't

The same chemistry sits in your pocket and under an electric car, so why does one quit after two years and the other last a decade?

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideSchool & LearningRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Run These Numbers Before Your Kid Signs a College Loan

Sticker price is fiction, federal loan caps are a guardrail, and the most expensive mistake happens in April at the kitchen table.

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

War Memoirs From the Men Who Were Actually There

Ten first-person accounts of combat that beat any history book, plus honest warnings about which ones will knock the wind out of you.

Ask BRO

Rehearse the raise conversation with me

Ask it

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Night Sky Runs on a Schedule and You Can Learn It

Meteor showers repeat on the same dates every year, eclipses come in seasons, and almost everything you need costs nothing but a lawn chair.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

PartnerShirts.com

GuideHistoryDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Seven Historic Stops Worth Making the Kids Sit in the Car

Valley Forge to the Alamo, the places where the story actually happened, what to see when you get there, and the parts nobody puts on the brochure.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideBooksMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Thrillers That Cost You Sleep and Not Your Conscience

Nine books that grab you on page one, with nothing in them you'd hide from your kids, plus honest flags on the ones that need them.

GuideScience & SpaceCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What Your Brain Is Actually Doing While You Sleep

Sleep isn't the body shutting off. It's a scheduled maintenance window, and there's a chemical clock deciding when it opens.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

StoryHistoryNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Harriet Tubman Walked Back Into Maryland Thirteen Times

She had a fractured skull, a price on her head, and a revolver in her bag. She went back anyway, and she never lost a passenger.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Books5 min

Books for Teenage Girls With Heroines Worth Copying

Science & Space6 min

How Weather Forecasts Are Made and When to Stop Trusting Them

Ask BRO

Rehearse the raise conversation with me

Ask it

StoryHistoryWes DunbarSep 23, 20267 min

The Cowboy Was Real For About Twenty Years

Thirty dollars a month, eighteen-hour days, and a job most men quit by thirty. The record is harder and better than the movies.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

PartnerNames.com

Books6 min read

Biographies Good Enough to Keep You Up Past Midnight

Eight lives worth reading, ranked by how fast they hook you, plus the honest warning about which ones need a thousand pages to get going.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

Older articles

Older Business stories