Category: America Now

In a population that is growing more sedentary and more obese all the time, health problems from lack of physical activity, poor diet, and excessive weight are becoming ever more prevalent. One of those is type 2 diabetes, a disease that causes the body not to be able to produce enough insulin to keep blood […]

With so many wonderful shotgun designs available in the United States, one of the best pump shotgun designs remains one of the most overlooked. Always playing third fiddle to its competitors from Winchester and Remington, the Ithaca 37 remains a competent and viable option for any prepper. The Ithaca 37 is based on the design […]

Today is the long-awaited day of the midterm election. Tonight (or tomorrow morning) we’ll find out who was right: those who prognosticated a giant blue wave that will retake the House and Senate and sweep state houses across the country, or those who believe that was only wishful thinking and that the Trump train still […]

Foreign policy is one area in which there is a great deal of bipartisan consensus today. Both Republicans and Democrats favor highly interventionist policies, believing that the United States is the world’s policeman, can and should act as an international hegemon, and that countries around the world should fall in line with America’s desires. The […]

One of the frustrating aspects of recent US sanctions policy has been the capricious nature in which sanctions have been announced and the slipshod manner in which they have subsequently been enforced. That pattern continues to hold true with regard to the recently strengthened sanctions placed against Iran. The State Department announced that eight “jurisdictions” […]

Facebook has continued to show its stripes as an enforcer of left-wing orthodoxy through its recent action to ban the Proud Boys and Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes from the website. That follows previous actions Facebook took to ban Alex Jones back in August, and its purge of the pages of alternative news outlets in […]

President Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. Birthright citizenship has its origins in the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The intent […]

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 […]