How different was the world? More than you think.
In the early 1970s, a cross-country road trip cost almost nothing in fuel, required a paper map and a willingness to improvise, and unfolded through a roadside America that no longer really exists. The journey is still out there — but almost everything about how we take it has changed.
Mar 13, 2026
In 1985, a family of four could spend a full afternoon at a Major League Baseball game and still have change left from a fifty-dollar bill. Today, that same outing can run close to $400 before you've even found your seats. What happened to America's most democratic pastime?
Mar 13, 2026
Your grandfather clocked in, clocked out, and left the job at the office. He retired at 65 with a pension and probably never answered a work email on a Sunday because email didn't exist. The American workday has been completely reinvented since then — and the results are more complicated than they look.
Mar 13, 2026