Category: America Now

While the title of this article may point to the ethics of mandatory attendance laws regarding students enrolled in public education, the real topic at hand is an even broader question – is traditional brick-and-mortar schooling still necessary today and in the age of automation and technological improvement? In a recent survey of college students, […]

You have probably heard by now that Starbucks and the city of Santa Barbara recently declared war on plastic straws. Starbucks announced in early July that it would be phasing out straws in its cafes to completely eliminate straws by 2020, in favor of recyclable lids. Meanwhile, the ultra-liberal California city of Santa Barbara’s local […]

President Trump has angered gun owners yet again, this time with his comments on 3D-printed firearms. The State Department recently announced that it would settle a lawsuit filed against it by 3D printer manufacturer Defense Distributed. Defense Distributed had sought to freely distribute blueprints of firearms but the US government attempted to keep the company […]

We’re in the middle of Atlantic hurricane season yet again, which means it’s time for people to start thinking about getting supplies together to survive a hurricane’s aftermath. If you live along the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic seaboard, surviving a hurricane should always be at the forefront of your mind during summertime. While […]

Florida Representative Ron DeSantis got in a heated public debate on Twitter July 23 with self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez is currently running for a New York Congressional seat and has made headlines recently for making seemingly ill-prepared remarks and politically illiterate statements. DeSantis sought to take advantage of her weakened PR and shot […]

The day after President Trump announced in the Rose Garden alongside European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that they want to “work together towards zero tariffs,” markets reacted favorably and Trump announced predictions of between 4 and 5.3 percent for GDP growth by the end of the month. The two leaders did not stop at eliminating […]

For nearly 40 years, Mexican citizen Andres Avelino Anduaga used an assumed identity to live and work, and commit crimes, in the United States. Anduaga used a birth certificate belonging to a US citizen to apply for a California driver’s license and a Social Security card in 1980. Using that identity, Anduaga applied for Social […]

No firearms collection is complete without at least one handgun. Easily concealable, they allow a person to travel with an effective means of self defense without advertising that fact to the world. Of course as everyone knows, a pistol is just what you use to fight your way back to your rifle. In the event […]

Vitamin D is a vitamin whose importance has been known for decades, but whose benefits are still only being discovered. While the “easiest” way of getting Vitamin D is through exposure to sunlight, that isn’t always possible, especially during wintertime, and for those with darker skin or those who live at more northern latitudes. With […]

According to a new poll from Gallup, immigration is now the top problem facing the country. Gallup has polled Americans on their opinions of the top problems facing the nation for nearly two decades, with 22 percent of Americans in the most recent poll placing immigration at the top of their list. It is the […]