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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, 20265 min

Make This Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole on Christmas Eve

Twelve eggs, a pound of sausage, and a night in the fridge. You slide it in the oven, pour coffee, and go watch the kids open presents.

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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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How to Get Your Congressman to Actually Write Back

Most messages to Capitol Hill get tallied, not read. A few get worked. The difference is which door you knock on and what you put in your first sentence.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Slow Cooker Beef Stew That Tastes Like It Simmered All Day

The trick isn't a longer cook time. It's fifteen minutes with a hot skillet before the lid ever goes on.

GuideMedia LiteracyJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

What Thirty Days Off the News Actually Teaches You

A news fast isn't a detox. Run it like a test, keep the receipts, and you'll learn more about your sources in a month than in a year of reading them.

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GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Ten Federalist Papers Worth Reading and What Each Argues

You don't need all 85. Start with No. 51 tonight, and you'll understand more about Washington than most cable panels do.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Cedar Plank Salmon That Doesn't Dry Out on the Grill

Soak the plank, run the grill hot on one side only, and pull the fish early. A two-pound fillet, twenty minutes, and the whole yard smells like cedar smoke.

GuideMedia LiteracyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Talk About the News at Dinner Without Blowing Up the Table

A working method for checking a claim in real time, arguing about ideas instead of people, and still passing the potatoes afterward.

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GuideCivicsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

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.