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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.

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

Media Literacy6 min

How to Tell Which Outlets Actually Own Their Mistakes

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How to Get Your Congressman to Actually Write Back

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Meatloaf With a Brown Sugar Glaze That Doesn't Slide Off

Free-form on a sheet pan, cooked to 160°F, glazed twice, with mashed potatoes that never turn to glue.

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.

Civics6 min

Ten Federalist Papers Worth Reading and What Each Argues

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Sunday Meatballs and Marinara for a Full Table

GuideMedia LiteracyAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

How to teach a teenager to spot a sales pitch

The tell isn't the hashtag. It's the discount code with the creator's own name in it, and your kid can learn to find it in ten seconds.

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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.

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100 Things Every Man Should Do Before He Turns Forty

Media Literacy5 min

What Thirty Days Off the News Actually Teaches You

GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Three Minutes at the Microphone and How to Use Them

Public comment isn't a suggestion box. It's the last unlocked door in local government, and most people walk past it.

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100 Things Every Kid Should Do Before Twelve

The window shuts at thirteen, when everything a kid tries starts getting graded by his friends. So start Saturday.

Media Literacy6 min

Talk About the News at Dinner Without Blowing Up the Table

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How to Read the Part of Your Ballot Nobody Explains

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100 Things Every Outdoorsman Should Know How to Do

From a one-match fire to backing a boat trailer on the first try, the skills that separate a guy who's outside from a guy who belongs there.

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Teach Your Kid to Check It Before They Believe It

A five-minute drill that turns a screenshot, a clip or a poll into something your kid can verify without you in the room.

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