Think of it as enabling philanthropy: take a minimum of money and aim it at the precise point where it can do the maximum ...

Gar’s Tips & Tools is free. But if you really like what I’m throwing down and want to support it, please consider a paid ...

Apps You Need for China. Traveling to China is not like traveling to other places. The heavy-handed government blocks any website or app it doesn’t like or control, so you have ...

Emma Christley is a music writer and personal essayist currently publishing on Substack. Her weekly album review series focuses on albums that she’s not heard, but probably should have by now. When ...

This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This ...

Regina’s daughter, Andra Clarke, worked tirelessly to research and cull through both women’s photographic mementos. As tribute to what Regina called the “best job of my life,” Andra created Ciro’s ...

If you want to apply for Mexican residency, prices are going to double in January to get legal, per the newly approved budget. Getting one year of temporary residency (which you renew for three more) ...

I think I can retire my packing cubes—recently, I fit two weeks’ worth of clothing into a carry-on using just four of these compression bags. No vacuum or pump needed: just roll to compress and shrink ...

The longest US government shutdown in history is still going, with the president breaking his own previous record, and as with the last long run, it’s creating havoc for unpaid airport workers and ...