An app helped me make genuine new friends in my community. My husband is now hanging out with their partners, too.
I joined an app to meet and connect with others in my community. My whole family (not pictured) ended…
We had our daughter when I was 44 and my wife was 40. There are benefits and challenges to being older parents.
Michael Townsend became a dad at 44. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Townsend, a…
Elon Musk says he’s shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: ‘I’ve never done anything harmful’
Elon Musk expressed shock at the vandalism and “hatred” against Tesla in a recent Fox News interview. Elon Musk…
A veteran takes us inside his rollercoaster 2025, thanks to DOGE
Monte Burns was fired and then reinstated from his IRS position. Monte Burns, 55, was fired from his federal…
Everyday investors and big institutions are divided on the future of the stock market
Retail investors and fund managers are watching the same stock market, but they’re seeing two different things. According to…
I take cemetery walks with my husband every day. It has changed our lives in more ways than we expected.
The author and her husband started taking cemetery walks in 2020. When I tell people that my husband and…
My family moved from New Orleans to Okinawa. Parenting felt so much easier in Japan.
The author and her family moved from the US to Japan in 2022. In spring 2022, we learned that…
CEOs gone MIAElon Musk and the “silent epidemic” of absentee executives.
Tesla’s stock has spent the past few months on autopilot, barreling toward a crash. Protesters angry with CEO Elon…
Don’t call it a recession — but bad vibes are back in a big way
Americans aren’t thrilled about the economy. B-17 has heard from retirees watching their investments fluctuate in the stock market,…
We finally learned how many federal probationary workers the White House fired and where they worked
President Donald Trump’s plans to reduce the size of the federal workforce have hit some snags. New documents filed…