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How to Feed a Family of Four for a Week on 100 Dollars

Seven days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks, plus the grocery list, the prep-day plan and where the budget actually goes.

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Slow Cooker Pot Roast With Carrots That Don't Turn to Mush

A 3½-pound chuck roast, eight hours on low, and the one temperature that separates fall-apart beef from a tough gray brick.

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GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Wet Wood Still Burns If You Split It Open

Rain doesn't stop a fire. Soaked tinder, soggy ground and bad technique do. Here's how to get flame when everything outside is dripping.

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Meal Plans5 min read

A Week of Meals for Six on About 200 Bucks

Seven dinners, breakfasts, lunches and snacks for a family of six, plus the grocery list, the prep-day plan and the honest cost.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Oven Wings That Actually Get Crispy, and Three Sauces

Baking powder, a wire rack and two oven temperatures turn four pounds of grocery-store wings into the best thing on the table.

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Teach Your Kids to Hug a Tree Before They Ever Need To

Three rules a six-year-old can remember, and a pocket kit that costs less than a pizza, for the day one of your kids walks the wrong way.

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GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

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.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Five Overnight Oats Jars That Actually Keep You Full

One base, twelve minutes on Sunday night, and five breakfasts that don't leave you starving by 9:30.

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.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideCivicsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Raise a Kid Who's Actually Read the Constitution

Pocket copies, courthouse visits and a household amendment process that'll teach your kids more about self-government than a year of worksheets.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Chili for Twenty With a Toppings Bar That Doesn't Run Dry

Eight quarts of real beef chili, the browning trick most people skip, and exactly how much cheese twenty hungry people will actually go through.

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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.

GuideCivicsAde FisherSep 23, 20266 min

How to Become a US Citizen and Pass the Civics Test

The five-year clock, the paperwork trap that sinks good applicants, and the 100 questions every American ought to be able to answer.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Grilled Pork Chops That Stay Juicy Thanks to a One-Hour Brine

Thick chops, a simple saltwater soak and an instant-read thermometer. That's the whole trick, and it works every time.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Media Literacy6 min

How to Tell Which Outlets Actually Own Their Mistakes

Civics6 min

What It Actually Takes to Get on Your Local Ballot

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

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili for a Cold Sunday

Six hours on low, one skillet of bloomed spices, and a pot of chili that feeds eight without you standing over it.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Media Literacy5 min read

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.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

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