The Now Gap How far we've come — and how fast.

The Now Gap

How far we've come — and how fast.

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The Road Trip That Almost Broke America — And the Highway System That Fixed It
Travel

The Road Trip That Almost Broke America — And the Highway System That Fixed It

In 1903, driving from New York to San Francisco took 63 days, a mechanic, and an extraordinary amount of luck. Today you could do it in under 40 hours. The story of how American road travel transformed so completely — within a single lifetime — is wilder than most people realize.
Six A.M., Cereal, Cartoons: The Saturday Morning Ritual That Held a Generation Together
Culture

Six A.M., Cereal, Cartoons: The Saturday Morning Ritual That Held a Generation Together

For about three decades, millions of American kids shared the exact same experience every Saturday morning — waking up before their parents, pouring a bowl of cereal, and watching the same cartoons at the same time as every other kid in the country. That ritual is completely gone now, replaced by something with more options and far less magic.