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Walker Texas Ranger Still Knows What a Good Man Looks Like

The fights are telegraphed, the bad guys attack one at a time, and the show still gets more right about courage than most of what's on now.

GuideFamilyJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

Three minutes at the school board and how to use them

Most parents burn their public comment on feelings and lose the room. Do these things instead and the board will remember your name.

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BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

Beat the Policy Without Borrowing Their Playbook

Commentary: how to push back on progressive overreach and actually win, without picking up the tools that made you angry in the first place.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Movies & TV5 min read

Little House on the Prairie Still Holds Up Fifty Years On

Nine seasons, 204 episodes, and one of the best fathers ever put on television. What to watch first, what to skip, and where the show gets soft.

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GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to see what your school teaches your kids about sex and gender

Stop asking for "the curriculum." Ask for the title, publisher, edition and ISBN, and use the four laws that make schools answer you.

BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

The Border Laws Are Already on the Books. Enforce Them.

In 2006 the Senate voted 80-19 for 700 miles of fence. The position that's now called extreme used to be the consensus.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The hill is your sled and the stroller is the load

Three days a week at the playground, with the brake on and a toddler on the mulch, will do more for you than another skipped gym session.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuidePreparednessDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Size Your Battery Bank to the Fridge, Not the Box Art

Solar generators are great at some household loads and useless at others. Learn which is which before the lights go out, not during.

BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

The Long March Went Through Committees. So Does the Way Back.

Institutions didn't flip overnight. They flipped through bylaws, hiring criteria and Tuesday night meetings nobody attended. That's also the exit.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Getting off the floor is the test that matters at seventy

A twenty-minute home routine for women in their seventies, built around steps, groceries and standing up without a hand.

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GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Nothing That Burns Fuel Comes Inside the House

How to cook hot meals on day three of an outage without ever letting carbon monoxide through the door.

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BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

The Cass Review Said the Evidence Was Weak. Read It Yourself.

England spent four years and nearly 400 pages on youth gender medicine, and almost nobody arguing about it has opened the file.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The fifteen minutes before anybody else is awake

A quiet, specific routine you can run in socks on a floor that creaks, plus the three decisions the night before that make it survive a bad week.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Start Your Son on a .22 and Make Him Earn the Rest

A single-shot rimfire, twenty rounds, and a locked cabinet will teach a boy more about being a man than any lecture you've got in you.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Preparedness5 min

Heat One Room and Cook Outside When the Power Quits

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The workout you don't skip because she's already on the call

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What Real Defensive Gun Uses Teach About Training

Six seconds, forty yards, one hand, bad light. The actual cases don't look like the range, and that's the whole lesson.

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Pressure Can the Green Beans, Water Bath the Jam

Home canning and dehydrating are worth doing, and both have one rule you can't negotiate with. Start with acid, temperature and a tested recipe.

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