The DayThe Day: Friday, June 20, 2026 (#61)
The Switzerland nuclear talks are called off on their opening day. Israel and Hezbollah agree to a new ceasefire. The Senate moves toward housing affordability legislation.
Travel
Retire in Costa Rica: What I Found When I Finally Went
The country comes up in every retirement conversation I have. So I went. Three weeks, three regions, and the things the brochures keep getting wrong.
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TravelRetire in Costa Rica: What I Found When I Finally Went
The country comes up in every retirement conversation I have. So I went. Three weeks, three regions, and the things the brochures keep getting wrong.
TelevisionThree Versions of the Same Fear
Javier Bardem plays Max Cady in the third telling of a story that has already been told twice. Here is what the third telling gets right.
LivingHow to Forgive Someone When Part of You Doesn't Want To
It's not about the person who hurt you. It's about the weight you've been carrying, and whether you're ready to put it down.
IdeasJournaling for Beginners: Ignore the System and Just Write
Someone built an industry around what your journal should look like. Four years in, I can tell you it isn't any of that.
LettersSince You Asked: Dementia Caregiver Tips
She's still there. You're still losing her. Both things are true.
At LargeAt Large: The Group Text
My sons started the family group text in January. Nobody asked my permission.
MoneySocial Security Survivor Benefits: The Math and the Mistakes
Most people don't learn the survivor benefit rules until they need them. By then they've often already left thousands on the table.
FaithWhat Gratitude Journal Prompts Are Really About
A retired pastor on the practice he came to reluctantly, what he actually writes, and what ten years changed.
LivingEasy Dinner Recipes for Two: The Life You're Actually Cooking For
What changes when the table gets smaller: the pans, the shopping, and the recipes that actually work for two.
IdeasFrom the Editor: Midsummer 2026
The letter was dated June 1961. I sat with it longer than the coffee lasted.
HealthStroke Recovery Timeline: What the Weeks and Months Actually Look Like
The hospital part is the part people understand. Everything after it is what nobody explains.
LivingThe Best Golf Rangefinder: What You Learn When You Actually Use One
Eight years of pointing a laser at a flagstick. Here's what I know.
The ShelfZora Neale Hurston Books: Lost for Decades, Essential Forever
Arthur Dandridge on how one of America's essential writers got pushed out of the canon and why she came back.
IdeasNo One Came Back
Section 702 lapsed Friday at midnight while the House was on recess. The intelligence community says nothing changed. That part is probably true. But the reason it lapsed isn't nothing.
DiningHow to Make Chiles Rellenos (The Way It Deserves to Be Made)
The step most home cooks skip, the batter that decides everything, and what the filling tells you about where this dish comes from.
LivingAging Parents Care: What Helping Without Taking Over Actually Looks Like
The moment when you see something you can't unsee. What comes next is harder than most people expect, and more important than most people say.
LettersSince You Asked: How to Make Friends as an Adult
A retired teacher moves across the country and realizes she doesn't know how to start over.
HealthFoot Pain Remedies: What Is Actually Causing It, and What Actually Works
Your foot pain has a name, and that name matters. Here is what is causing it, what the evidence supports, and when to stop tolerating something you don't have to.
IdeasWhat an Hour Tells You
The Supreme Court rewrote the Voting Rights Act. One hour later, Florida had a new map.
From the EditorFrom the Editor: The First Letter That Came Back
Two weeks in, and the thing that surprised me most was not the writing. It was the reading.
