Author: Paul-Martin Foss

There are a a lot of myths about surviving in the wilderness that circulate around the internet. Many of them have been circulating for decades, passed on from generation to generation by those who don’t question everything they hear. But some of those myths can harm you or lead to your death. Here are ten […]

With interest rates rising throughout the economy, mortgage rates have risen along with them. That has caused a slowdown in the housing market that threatens to take the rest of the economy down with it. Unlike previous bad housing news that only occurs month to month, the increasing run of bad news makes it clear […]

It’s no secret that most Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. Even though most people know that they need 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, many Americans get well less than that. And in some office cultures lack of sleep is even seen as a badge of pride. But more and more evidence has demonstrated […]

In a resounding defeat for the leftist political forces that have dominated Brazil for the past 15 years, conservative candidate Jair Bolsonaro claimed victory in the Brazilian presidential election, taking 55 percent of the vote versus 45 percent for his socialist rival Fernando Haddad. Western media has of course taken to decrying the result of […]

There are still many Americans alive today who remember the “good old days” of air travel. Seats were comfortable, the food was decent and free, and stewardesses were polite and pleasant. All of that has changed over the past few decades as airplanes have become the buses of the sky. And now the frustration of […]

While bolt-action rifles may be the stereotypical idea of a hunting rifle for many people, hunters in the Northeast and Upper Midwest have often favored other types of rifles when hunting in heavy woods and thick brush. That’s where the pump-action rifle comes into its own. And perhaps no other pump-action rifle is as famous […]

Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly had her NBC show, Megyn Kelly Today, canceled in the wake of comments she made about Halloween costumes and blackface. Kelly questioned what was racist about wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume if the person wearing it was attempting to portray a particular person or character. Merely […]

When defining what conservatism is, it’s important to remember that one of the core properties of any political philosophy is that it remain logically consistent. If you adhere to the first principles of a political philosophy, your stance towards any particular issue flows naturally from those first principles. Thus you can take a policy stance […]

Anyone who has followed Elizabeth Warren’s career has seen that her meteoric rise mirrors in many ways those of Barrack Obama. Once a professor at Harvard Law School, Warren has over the past decade launched herself into the national spotlight, jumping from the oversight panel overseeing the TARP bailout program to the predecessor of the […]

With only weeks to go before the midterm elections, another caravan of thousands of immigrants is making its way from Central America through Mexico towards the United States. Just exactly who is behind the organization of this recent caravan is unknown, with some blaming Honduran legislators, others highlighting the participation of immigrant rights groups that […]