Lifestyle

Two European boys play football in an alleyway. Much of Europe’s love for soccer is rooted in accessibility: A pitch can be grass or pavement, a team can be three or thirty, and goals can be a pair of shoes or a line drawn on a wall. If you Europe During the World Cup, the passion can enhance your trip. CREDIT: Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe.
Rick Steves

Traveling Europe During the World Cup

Soccer enthusiasm can affect your trip – in a good way

By Rick Steves | May 26, 2026
A person-sized dollar bill rests on a beach chair beside the ocean, representing higher summer costs. Banol2007
Finance

Get Ahead of Higher Summer Costs

Five tips from the financial experts

By Paige Cerulli, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | May 20, 2026
A conceptual image from above the clouds showing the sun and lightning bolts, showing science and religion as allies. By Yevhenii Tryfonov
Science & Technology

Science and Religion as Allies?

Dr. Francis Collins Says ‘Yes’

By Martha Steger | May 14, 2026
Discouraged man job hunting after 50. Lunamaria
Finance

Job Hunting After 50

These tips can help

By Richard Eisenberg, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | May 6, 2026
After planning for an active retirement, these four older adults have the energy and resources to enjoy travel and hiking. Monkey Business Images
Finance

Planning for an Active Retirement

Be ready for a long, active life ahead

By Kathryn Pomroy, Kiplinger’s | May 4, 2026
"Marriage and Other Monuments" by Virginia Pye - book cover.
Books

‘Marriage and Other Monuments’

A review of a novel by Virginia Pye

By Annie Tobey | April 30, 2026
Marina and promenade, Vila Real de Santo Antonio. Yachts and boats moored in the marina with waterfront buildings along the Avenida da Republica to the right hand side, Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Algarve, Portugal.
Finance

Portuguese Towns for Expats

A quieter alternative to the big cities

By International Living | April 29, 2026
Old World Amish horse and buggy in Missouri. Wayne Mckown
From Our Readers

My Life with the Amish

An odyssey into the secretive, thinly veiled world of the Old Order Amish

By Bob Brawley | April 28, 2026
Man outside pondering the Great Mystery of life. By Wavebreakmedia
Perspectives

The ‘Great Mystery’

Cultural collusion, not theft

By Robert C. Koehler | April 20, 2026
A person drafting a design for a new in-ground pool: In planning a home enhancement, consider the hidden costs of home upgrades
Home & Garden

Hidden Costs of Home Upgrades

When a home enhancement becomes a lifestyle creep trap

By Becca van Sambeck, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance | April 15, 2026

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