Self-Employed Couples

Running a business together and staying married: roles, money, decisions and leaving work at the door.

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

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Eight History Books That Read Like Thrillers

Real events, real men, and prose good enough that you'll stay up past midnight. Start with Shackleton and build from there.

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Easy Company From Currahee to the Eagle's Nest

They ran a Georgia mountain until they hated it, then jumped into Normandy in the dark. What happened to Easy Company, and what the legend leaves out.

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GuideScience & SpaceSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Five Saturday Science Projects That Actually Teach Something

The baking soda volcano is a dud. These five take an afternoon, cost almost nothing, and give your kids something they can change and test again.

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Books Teenage Boys Will Actually Finish

The rule that turns a quitter into a reader, plus fifteen books that survive contact with a distracted fifteen-year-old.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Ten-Dollar Runaway and Other Presidents Who Had Nothing

A pawned watch, a canal-boat mule driver, and a tailor's apprentice with a bounty on his head. The log cabin story is a campaign prop, except when it isn't.

GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your First Telescope Should Probably Be an 8-Inch Dobsonian

Aperture and a steady mount beat everything else. Skip the 675x box-store special and buy the thing you'll actually carry outside.

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty Books Every Man Should Read Before Forty

Twenty books, ten years, one every six months. A list you can actually finish, with the mature-content flags nobody else bothers to give you.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Two Hours at Pearl Harbor and the Answer That Followed

A destroyer fired the first shot at 6:45 in the morning. What happened over the next three years is the part worth telling.

GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How a Car Engine Actually Works, Stroke by Stroke

Four moves, a few thousand times a minute, and a gallon of gas becomes forward motion. What's happening, and what actually kills engines.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideBooksRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Nine Business Books That Actually Earn Their Pages

Most of the business shelf is one decent idea stretched to 240 hardcover pages. These nine aren't, and each one suits a different guy.

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20267 min

Five Things You Can Find in the Night Sky Without a Telescope

Twenty minutes in the backyard, no gear, and you can pick out a planet, a star cluster, and a galaxy two and a half million light years out.

GuidePreparednessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

Drill Your Kids for Emergencies Without Giving Them Nightmares

A four-minute drill, a nine-word script and the phrases that keep a scared kid calm — what actually works with children under twelve.

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StoryHistoryWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Ten Miles of Track in One Day

On April 28, 1869, a crew in the Utah desert broke a record nobody has broken since. Getting there took seven years, a mountain of granite, and men who kept showing up.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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