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best years of your life

Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life

Posted on April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

One of my kids received a college acceptance package the other day that I found a little jarring. I probably shouldn’t have. It was just a message on a box meant to get my kid excited about attending, but I found it off-putting. It wasn’t offensive or anything like that. Just some simple words intended…

college tuition credit

A National Service Solution to the College Tuition Crisis

Posted on November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

I’ve got two kids going off to college next year, and it’s sparked a lot of conversation lately with other parents about the ridiculous cost of sending kids off to a place where most of what they learn is how to party with their peers. It was getting exorbitant in the 1990s, when tuition breached…

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Love the mountains? 4000s by 40 is a story of missteps, hard-earned lessons, and the mountains that shape us.
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