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Hiring your first employee without blowing up your business

The real cost of employee number one, when you can actually afford them, and the mistakes that sink most first hires inside a year.

StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What the Inflation Number Counts, and What It Skips

The CPI is a real measurement with real rules. Knowing the rules tells you why the number keeps disagreeing with your checkout total.

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GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Work Forty Years in the Trades Without Wrecking Your Body

The guys still working at sixty aren't lucky. They locked in a handful of habits early and never negotiated with them.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Startups6 min read

The hourly number you need before you quote another job

Most small service businesses price off what the guy down the road charges. Do the arithmetic on your own costs first, then decide what to do about the market.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

How to Contact Your Representative So Somebody Reads It

Bill numbers, ZIP+4, the Capitol switchboard, and the one type of request a congressional office will actually drop everything for.

GuideTradesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

How to Get Hired Running Heavy Equipment

Excavators, dozers and haul trucks pay a real living without a diploma from anywhere. Here's the license order, the training paths, and what the yard actually looks for.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Clearing your gutters before the water finds your foundation

Two afternoons a year on a ladder is the cheapest structural work you will ever do on your house.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What It Actually Takes to Get Your Name on the Local Ballot

Most people who say they'd run never call the county clerk. That call takes ten minutes and settles almost everything.

GuideTradesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Your Knees Are Not a Retirement Plan

Nobody's handing a self-employed electrician a gold watch at 65. Here's how to build the pension yourself, starting with this week's deposit.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Paint a room in the order a painter actually does it

Cut in one wall at a time, keep a wet edge, and never stop for lunch halfway up a wall. The rest is prep.

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

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

Why Your Local Paper Closed and What Took Its Place

The classifieds went to Craigslist, the newsroom went to the debt collector, and a Facebook group with no phone number got the beat.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideTradesDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The Tools a First-Year Apprentice Should Actually Buy

Skip the rolling box. Buy the twelve things you'll touch every day, spend where it counts, and let the company pay for the rest.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why Your Car Won't Start, Worked Out In Order

Listen to the sound it makes, check one number on the battery, and you'll know whether this is a ten-minute fix or a tow.

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

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

How to Read a Religious Liberty Ruling for Yourself

Court opinions are free, public, and shorter than you think. A working method for finding the holding, counting the votes, and spotting what a case didn't decide.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Trades6 min

Union or Non-Union Trade Work and How to Actually Choose

Skills6 min

Tile Your Own Backsplash Without Redoing It Twice

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

How a Bill Becomes Law, in the Order It Really Happens

The schoolhouse version skips the parts that decide everything: committee referral, the Rules Committee, cloture, and the rulemaking that comes after the signature.