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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Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

A fence never fails at the pickets. It fails in the first eight inches of dirt below grade, and that part is decided on day one.

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Free speech is a habit before it's a law

The First Amendment restrains the government. It does nothing about the meeting where everybody agreed with something nobody believed.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

What your merchant agreement says about leaving

The exit fee, the notice window and the equipment lease that won't cancel. Find all three now, not the week you finally want out.

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Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

The order to do it in, the two mistakes that dump five quarts on your driveway, and the parts nobody tells you to buy.

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What was your first ever job?

StoryNewsNina CastellanSep 22, 20265 min

The pro-life work that starts after the baby comes home

The law changed in 2022. The harder questions are about money, work, sleep and the twelve months after a birth — and most of the answers already exist.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

The four-digit number that decides how your business gets paid

Your merchant category code sets your interchange, your customers' rewards, and whether a corporate card will even approve you. Most operators never check it.

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Most doors that stick were hung to a crooked frame. Set the hinge side plumb first and everything downstream gets easier.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideNewsSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

Raising kids with convictions when the culture keeps moving

Rules stop working the second you leave the room. Reasons travel. How to hand your kids something that still holds up when you're not there.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

What your processor means when it calls you high risk

The label isn't a moral judgment. It's a bet on who pays for your refunds if you disappear, and you can change the odds.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and know the one place you should never do this at all.

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

The two-parent home is a research finding before it's an argument

The data on family structure comes from economists and sociologists across the political spectrum, several of whom went looking for a different answer.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?