Three flags, one crater: We’re going back
When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon in July 1969, the mission was, at its heart, a flex. Beat the Soviets. Plant the flag. Look, Mom, we did it. The…
Year: 2026
Everyone is going to the moon: Will we fight over it?
Given the history of humanity, war on the moon wouldn’t be that surprising. We’ve fought everything else, but now the moon’s south pole, where frozen…
The art of the porch chat (wherever your porch happens to be)
For generations, the front porch was where Americans caught up on the news. You sat. You watched the world go by. Neighbors waved, stopped, and sometimes…
When he retires, who runs the kitchen?
Many wives notice the same thing: the day a husband retires, he often heads straight for the kitchen. It is more than anecdote. According to a University…
Cruising on Medicare: What the “6-hour rule” really means
You booked the cruise. You packed the sunscreen. But before the ship leaves the dock, there is one piece of fine print every senior should understand:…
Screen rules that actually work
The phone is already in the child’s hand. Now what? For most parents and grandparents today, the question is not whether young children will have devices,…
Americans have stopped cooking
Americans now spend more on dining out than on groceries, by a wide margin. According to the USDA Economic Research Service, food-away-from-home spending…
He’ll be visiting: Meet the brown marmorated stink bug
If you grew up not knowing what a stink bug was, congratulations, you are old enough to remember a better time. The brown marmorated stink bug…
The founder who actually freed all slaves
As part of its preparations for America’s 250th anniversary, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has elevated the story of a forgotten Virginia planter…
What Frederick Douglass asked of America
In the summer of 1852, the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society invited the country’s most famous former slave to deliver what has come to be called the…