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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Divorce doesn't put a child at risk. The gaps it leaves can.

Traffickers look for the kid nobody is watching closely. Two households can leave that opening without anyone meaning to. Here's how to close it.

GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes DunbarNov 4, 20265 min

How to teach your son to shave in one calm Saturday morning

Fuzz on his lip, a razor in your hand, and twenty minutes at the sink. Teach it once, teach it right, and he'll never learn it from a video.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoNov 4, 20266 min

How to set up a revocable living trust that actually works

Signing the trust is the easy part. Retitling your assets is what keeps your family out of probate court, and it's where most people stop short.

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

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Books5 min read

The founder memoirs that teach what business school skips

Four books by people who built something from nothing, plus one free on-ramp. Read them for the worst year, not the big win.

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GuideGolfDean ShawNov 4, 20266 min

Buy golf shoes for your back foot, not the clubhouse

Your shoes are the only gear that touches every swing you make. Here's how to pick a pair that grips, fits and lasts more than a season.

GuideGamingDean ShawNov 4, 20266 min

Your controller isn't the problem, your grip is

Sore hands after an hour aren't a hardware flaw. They're a grip, posture and timing problem, and all three can be fixed for free.

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NewsSportsBRO DeskNov 3, 20261 min

ESPN projects the 2026 NFL playoff seeds and division winners

A new look-ahead sketches how the AFC and NFC playoff fields could take shape on the road to the Super Bowl.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 3, 20266 min

Watch these courtroom films and you'll follow any trial

Each one teaches a single real idea about how trials work. Start with 12 Angry Men and finish knowing what a jury is actually for.

GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawNov 3, 20266 min

The needle never lies. It just answers a different question.

A compass points where Earth's magnetic field points, which is close to north but not the same thing. Here's how it works and how to catch it being wrong.

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

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GuideTravelDean ShawNov 3, 20265 min

Book the permit before you buy the rod

A backcountry fishing trip is won or lost months before the first cast. Permits, seasons, gear, and the one day worth paying a guide for.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 3, 20265 min

The seventies variety hour your kids will actually sit through

Carol Burnett, the Muppets and a few other old shows were built for the whole couch. Here's how to watch them with kids, and what to skip.

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GuideMedia LiteracyMarcus ValeNov 2, 20265 min

Who should be in this story, and isn't?

The most useful question you can ask about a news story takes five seconds: who would actually know, and where are they?

GuideHealthCal BrennanNov 2, 20265 min

Caffeine is a loan against sleep. Know your interest rate.

Four cups a day is fine for most healthy adults. Here's how the math works, when the debt comes due, and the one time coffee can't cover you.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 3, 20265 min

Monster movies where the monster was really in the room

Before CGI, somebody had to build the beast. Six films where you can feel it, with plain notes on what's scary and what isn't.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Science & Space6 min

A 100,000-ton ship floats and a pebble sinks

Travel5 min

Teenagers don't want the plaque. Give them the field.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeNov 2, 20265 min

The baseball movies that teach you how the game works

Field of Dreams will make you cry. These six will explain the game, and most of them are clean enough for the whole family.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

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Media Literacy6 min read

The headline says one thing. Paragraph nine says another.

Most readers stop after the headline. Here's a five-minute method for catching the ones the story itself doesn't support, whoever they favor.

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