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Chili for Twenty With a Toppings Bar That Doesn't Run Dry

Eight quarts of real beef chili, the browning trick most people skip, and exactly how much cheese twenty hungry people will actually go through.

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Wet Wood Still Burns If You Split It Open

Rain doesn't stop a fire. Soaked tinder, soggy ground and bad technique do. Here's how to get flame when everything outside is dripping.

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GuideCivicsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

How to Argue Politics With Your Neighbor and Keep Him

You're going to share a fence line with this guy for fifteen years. Here's how to hold your ground without torching the relationship.

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Recipes6 min read

Grilled Pork Chops That Stay Juicy Thanks to a One-Hour Brine

Thick chops, a simple saltwater soak and an instant-read thermometer. That's the whole trick, and it works every time.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Teach Your Kids to Hug a Tree Before They Ever Need To

Three rules a six-year-old can remember, and a pocket kit that costs less than a pizza, for the day one of your kids walks the wrong way.

GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Get Your Congressman to Actually Write Back

Most messages to Capitol Hill get tallied, not read. A few get worked. The difference is which door you knock on and what you put in your first sentence.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili for a Cold Sunday

Six hours on low, one skillet of bloomed spices, and a pot of chili that feeds eight without you standing over it.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Day Nine Is the Hard One in a Two Week Outage

The first 72 hours run on adrenaline and a kit. The other eleven days run on a schedule, a fuel budget and clean socks.

GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Ten Federalist Papers Worth Reading and What Each Argues

You don't need all 85. Start with No. 51 tonight, and you'll understand more about Washington than most cable panels do.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Make This Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole on Christmas Eve

Twelve eggs, a pound of sausage, and a night in the fridge. You slide it in the oven, pour coffee, and go watch the kids open presents.

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GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Stay With the Car, Clear the Exhaust, Wait It Out

The blizzard doesn't kill you in the driver's seat. It kills you two hundred yards from the door, walking toward a light that was three miles off.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Your State Legislature Runs More of Your Life Than Congress Does

The deed to your house, your kid's graduation requirements and your property tax rate are all state and local calls. Here's how to actually work that system.

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Slow Cooker Beef Stew That Tastes Like It Simmered All Day

The trick isn't a longer cook time. It's fifteen minutes with a hot skillet before the lid ever goes on.

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GuideMedia LiteracyMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Tell Which Outlets Actually Own Their Mistakes

Corrections pages are the cheapest honesty test in media, and most readers never open one. Five minutes of digging tells you who to trust.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Civics5 min

Three Minutes at the Microphone and How to Use Them

Recipes6 min

Cedar Plank Salmon That Doesn't Dry Out on the Grill

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMedia LiteracyMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

How to tell news from opinion before you share it

Three different promises to the reader wear the same font. The tells are in the URL, the verbs, and what survives when you cross out the sourcing.

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How to Read the Part of Your Ballot Nobody Explains

Judges, bond questions and the county races with zero coverage decide more of your life than the name at the top. Forty minutes at the kitchen table fixes that.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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