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10/07/2026 · Park Rapids
The Budget Is Not Broken—Your Plan Is Too Polite
Three readers confront the money problems we all pretend will solve themselves. Spoiler: your credit card, emergency fund, and retirement account are not impressed by good intentions.
Your $18,000 “Down Payment” Is Actually Three Different Jobs
A reader has savings, credit-card debt, retirement FOMO, and a dream of buying a home soon. The uncomfortable answer: that money cannot do everything at once.
10/08/2026
The Quiet Power of What You Let In
William James had a wonderfully blunt theory of attention: your life is not shaped merely by what happens, but by what you consent to notice. That idea can change the way you spend the next hour.
10/08/2026
The Studio Is the First Hollywood Show in Years That Deserves to Be This Vain
Apple TV+’s <em>The Studio</em> understands that Hollywood is both a glamorous dream factory and a group project nobody wants to be in. It is sharp, silly, and occasionally so pleased with itself that you can hear the sunglasses applauding.
10/06/2026
The Vertical Soap Opera Is Coming for Your Lunch Break
Tiny-screen dramas are turning melodrama into fast food: millionaires, amnesia, secret babies, and one very furious wedding per episode. The strange part is that they may be better at understanding our attention spans than prestige television is.
10/06/2026
Van Gogh Deserves Better Than Being Turned Into a Screensaver
The immersive art boom promised wonder and delivered a giant moving wallpaper. Here’s why projecting famous paintings onto warehouse walls is not automatically a bad idea—just usually a lazy one.
10/06/2026
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