Category: America Now

It seems that according to Democrats, everyone who opposes Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, or anyone else in the Democratic establishment is a Russian agent. So if you voted for President Trump you’re obviously one of Vladimir Putin’s sleeper cell agents, or you’re on Putin’s payroll, or maybe you just got fooled by Russian propaganda, i.e. […]

The .32 ACP pistol cartridge has a long and storied history. It was the first handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning, the later designer of the 1911 pistol, and quickly became one of the most popular handgun cartridges in the world. Long a standard cartridge for police forces throughout Europe, handguns chambered in .32 […]

One of the most disappointing aspects of President Trump’s tenure has been the poor personnel choices he has made. Whether that’s in the form of hiring staff who completely contradict his stated views, such as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, or staff who actively look to stymie him, such as former chief of staff John […]

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. We’ve all heard that little rhyme from the time we were young, yet many of us fall into the habit of staying up late, sleeping in, and getting our body clocks out of rhythm. Could that be the cause of many of […]

One of the dangerous things about any sort of revolution is that they have a disturbing tendency to spiral out of control. The French Revolution was a particularly strong example of that, as it became ever more radical and ever more violent. By the time it concluded, numerous former radicals had been executed or assassinated […]

Electricity has been a godsend for modern man, allowing most of the creature comforts that we take for granted. It has liberated us from having to limit our activity to those hours illuminated by the sun, enabling people to see 24 hours a day if they want to. But in the event of a major […]

As the trade war with China heats up, relations with China are deteriorating in a whole bunch of different areas. Recent actions by both China and the United States have made it clear that the relationship between the two countries won’t be warming up anytime soon. By now most people are aware of the dust-up […]

No one likes red-light runners, but the question of how to stop them is a vexing one. For every clear case of blowing through a red light, there are probably a dozen others that are right on the edge. And it never seems that there’s ever a cop around to catch clear cases of running […]

With new automobiles becoming ever more expensive, more and more Americans have to finance their automotive purchases with auto loans. And with salaries largely stagnant over the past 20 years, terms on auto loans are getting longer and longer, as that’s the only way that most people can afford to buy a car. Most people […]

If it seems like the rich are getting richer and the not-so-rich are still, well, not so rich, there’s a reason for that. Incomes for the 1% have exploded over the past 20 years, while median household income has largely stagnated. With the latest revisions to the Census Bureau’s data collection, median household income in […]