Posted on Aug 19, 2026 · by Talia Winshaw · in Law 3 min read
Three ways to end a dispute over a modest amount, priced honestly. The one people dismiss out of hand is sometimes the right answer.
Continue reading Small claims, mediation, or writing it off. What each route costs in money and time →
Posted on Jul 14, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Enterprise 4 min read
The mechanics of finding somebody have changed almost completely in twenty years. The part that decides whether it works has not moved at all.
Continue reading Hiring a first crew member then and now. What changed, and what did not →
Posted on Jun 2, 2026 · by Talia Winshaw · in Financial 4 min read
Exclusions read like a list of ways to be refused. Most of them exist because the risk they name behaves in a way ordinary insurance cannot absorb.
Continue reading Seven exclusions in a homeowners policy, and the reason each one ended up there →
Posted on May 21, 2026 · by Emmett Rasmussen · in Education 4 min read
The four year degree is treated as the safe option and the thing you do if you are unsure. It is a large commitment and it deserves to be chosen rather than defaulted into.
Continue reading Deciding at seventeen with half the information, and why the default choice is not neutral →
Posted on Apr 28, 2026 · by Gordon Achebe · in Law 5 min read
Spring brings the largest volume of home improvement work and the largest volume of disputes about it. Several of the useful remedies cost nothing at all.
Continue reading Five places to take a contractor problem this spring before you call an attorney →
Posted on Nov 28, 2025 · by Gordon Achebe · in Education 3 min read
The two year route saves real money right up until credits fail to carry across. The savings and the risk both sit in the same paperwork.
Continue reading Two years at community college, then transfer. Where the credits go missing →