Category: America Now

One of the great things about the US in years gone by was the size and wealth of its middle class. Unlike many other nations that had rich elites and poor commoners, the US had a large and affluent middle class of people who could afford luxuries such as automobiles, refrigerators, and air conditioning. Generations […]

The AR-15 rifle has become one of the most popular rifles in the United States over the past decade and a half. That’s due to a combination of factors, from the expiration of the “assault weapons” ban in 2004, to the number of returning servicemen looking to own AR-15s, to the unprecedented modularity offered by […]

If it feels like the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer, that’s because it’s true, at least somewhat. There’s no denying that the rich are getting richer. From both an absolute perspective as well as a relative perspective versus the middle class, the rich are seeing their incomes and asset holdings […]

All of us want the best for our babies. We want them to grow up happy and healthy, with nothing impeding their physical and mental development. Most doctors and health organizations understand that breast milk is the healthiest food for young babies, but not all mothers are able to breastfeed. And once babies start to […]

Many Americans expect their elected officials to be of good, upstanding character, role models for the rest of us. They expect elected officials to be intelligent, rational, and to think through all of their policy decisions. In fact, that’s why so many Democrats have attacked President Trump, because he fails to meet their expectations. In […]

Now that winter is beginning to approach and the first frost has reached many areas of the country, it’s time to start thinking about preserving the herbs we’ve worked so hard to grow all summer. The growing season is all but over, so it’s time to get to work so that all our effort over […]

The way you hear Democrats describe it, the “whistleblower” who filed the complaint that led to the initiation of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump was a dedicated public servant who was shocked to hear about the President engaging in patently illegal behavior. From descriptions it sounded like this was a person with decades of […]

With Brexit on the minds of many Europeans, the condition of the European economy is far from most people’s thoughts. So much focus has been placed on the one-shot deal with Brexit and the fears that Brexit will sink the European economy into recession that less focus has been placed on other factors that will […]

While everyone knows that inflation makes the cost of living more expensive by the year, the extent to which inflation affects American households is less obvious to most people. A recent survey of Americans found that 44% of Americans don’t make enough money to be able to afford their expenses. That’s a worrying statistic, but […]

Many people remember the role that credit rating agencies played in the buildup of the housing bubble that burst so spectacularly in 2008. The bubble was helped along by securitization of mortgages, in which originators would package mortgages together, securitize them, and sell them off to investors. Many of these mortgage-backed securities (MBS) were rated […]