Most Americans woke up Friday morning to the shocking news that a gunman had killed 49 people at two New Zealand mosques. Coming on a Friday, the story was quickly eclipsed over the weekend, but the consequences of the shooting will reverberate for some time to come. Here are eight of the most important lessons […]
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This week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting will be one of the most highly-observed in recent years, as markets look to discern whether or not the Fed will continue to raise interest rates this year. The FOMC statement is probably going to be of less importance this time around than the press conference and the […]
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Democrats in Congress made gun control one of their highest priorities, apparently forgetting that support for gun control is waning among American voters. Their first efforts were to pass legislation that would require background checks on every single purchase of firearms in the country. The legislation would forbid the sale of firearms between private parties […]
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It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire. So enormous were British land holdings that the UK and its colonies stretched from Britain through much of Africa and Asia, across the Pacific and into the New World. The creation of that empire was the result of the desire to find […]
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Opposition to so-called “assault weapons” is often the result of an emotional reaction rather than a logical one. Show someone a typical AR-15 and today’s snowflakes break down crying at how dangerous it looks. But show them a Ruger Mini-14, with its blued steel and wooden stock, and no one bats an eye. Many people […]
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There’s a crisis lurking in markets that many investors remain completely unaware of. While attention is focused on stock market levels, job hiring, and oil prices, one major market remains, as it often has been, overlooked by the majority of investors. And weakness in that market could set off a series of forced sales that […]
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After two years of keeping its gold reserves static, the Chinese government has begun ramping up its gold purchases in recent months. Its gold-buying binge has entered a third straight month, with another 10 tons of metal added in February to its official reserves. It’s worth noting, however, that it’s widely assumed that China under-reports […]
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If you’re old enough to remember what air travel was like pre-TSA, you probably shake your head at people who think that the security theater at airports today is actually keeping us safe. And because a bunch of terrorists used box cutters to take over airplanes, the ability to take anything onto a plane that […]
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The half dollar was once the most popular circulating coin in American commerce. Its purchasing power through much of the early 20th century was the equivalent of $8-12 today. Take a look at older circulating coinage and you’ll find that half dollars are often the most worn, with features and dates worn down and reeding […]
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Following up on a legend is hard to do, yet that’s just what Winchester attempted with the Model 1200. While the venerable Model 12 had been the most popular pump action shotgun in America for decades, high production costs and the introduction of Remington’s Model 870 bit into Winchester’s market share. In response Winchester introduced […]
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