The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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How to Watch Your Statehouse Like Somebody Who Gets Paid To

A state legislature can pass a law in eleven weeks while you're looking the other way. The calendar, the chair, and the two minutes that matter.

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.

Recipes6 min

Buttermilk Pancakes That Feed Eight Without a Griddle Line

BRO for Her6 min

Start with breathing, then earn the plank

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.

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

One Pan Sausage, Peppers and Potatoes That Actually Get Crispy

Potatoes and peppers cook at different speeds, and that's why most sheet pan dinners come out soggy. Here's the fix, plus one pan and 55 minutes.

BRO for Her6 min

Your first pull-up is four months of unglamorous work

Civics6 min

Raise a Kid Who's Actually Read the Constitution

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Reverse-Seared Ribeye on the Grill, Done by the Numbers

Low heat first, hard sear last, and an instant-read thermometer doing the thinking. Edge-to-edge pink ribeye with a crust you can hear.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Five lifts, three days a week, and a notebook

The women's bar weighs 35 pounds before you add a thing. Start there, write down every set, and keep adding weight until the math stops working.

Civics6 min

How to Become a US Citizen and Pass the Civics Test

Recipes6 min

Skillet Chicken and Rice That Gets Asked For By Name

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The beginner barbell plan, four lifts and three days a week

Squat, deadlift, press and row, with the sets, the numbers, the progression, and the part where it stops being easy.

GuideCivicsAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

What It Actually Takes to Get on Your Local Ballot

Most people who talk about running for school board never call the election office. That call takes eleven minutes and settles the whole thing.

Recipes5 min

Beef and Broccoli That Beats Your Takeout Order

BRO for Her5 min

Muscle and bone are the whole assignment after forty

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.

Recipes6 min read

Thirty-Minute Lemon Garlic Skillet Chicken With Green Beans

One pan, four servings, and a garlic-butter sauce built from the browned bits the chicken leaves behind.

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