Category: America Now

The .32 Winchester Special is a direct competitor to the legendary .30-30 Winchester and, although it never achieved the same popularity as the .30-30, it nonetheless remained one of the top-selling rifle cartridges for much of its lifetime. That had to do with the fact that it was also created by Winchester and chambered in […]

In a stunning abuse of police power and flagrant violation of the First Amendment, a Wisconsin sheriff and deputy are being accused of forcing a girl to remove an Instagram post. The girl, a student at Westfield Area High School in Marquette County, Wisconsin, began experiencing symptoms of a respiratory infection after traveling in March […]

In an interesting bit of political experimentation, Democratic political strategists recently sought to see how voters would react to President Trump after watching footage of his coronavirus briefings. Participants were shown a 90-second clip of the President speaking at one of his briefings and then asked whom they would support in the November elections. After […]

As the near-nationwide lockdown begins to enter its second month, many Americans are anxiously anticipating the restart of the economy. Flush with stimulus cash and ready to get back into the workforce and produce, there’s a huge amount of pent-up energy out there. Yet despite that, and the fact that in most areas of the […]

One of the most infuriating aspects of the recent coronavirus crisis has been just how the “experts” have been all over the place. The reason most of us are sitting in our homes, subject to stay at home orders, is because politicians at all levels have been listening to the Chicken Littles at the CDC. […]

The .308 Winchester has not only become one of the most popular rifle cartridges in the US, or the world for that matter, but it has also spawned many popular rifle cartridges as well. We’ve covered some derivatives of the .308, such as the .260 Remington and the .243 Winchester, in previous articles. Today it’s […]

The one silver lining to the various state shutdowns is that grocery stores remain open. But there are some disadvantages to that. By maintaining grocery stores as just about the only stores that can stay open, it ensures that everyone will be passing through grocery stores, thus making them centralized hubs for spreading disease. We’ve […]

It has long been understood that the most effective form of censorship is not that overtly enacted by an authoritarian government, but rather self-censorship. A truly effective tyranny is one in which the citizens are so cowed by the government that they censor themselves, lest they say the wrong thing and lose their job, house, […]

Recent news reports have indicated that US intelligence agencies knew of the coronavirus in late November. The concerns about the virus were detailed in a report issued in November by the National Center for Medical Intelligence. Officials apparently warned that a new contagious disease was sweeping through Wuhan and disrupting daily life in the city. […]

The US right now has the world’s highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, and one of the highest death totals. That’s understandable, given how large the country is. Its per capita case and death rates are still below those of countries like Italy. But what is really surprising are the numbers coming out of China, […]