Category: America Now

It shouldn’t be surprising that different cultures and different regions value different kinds of meat. Barbecue aficionados in the US understand that. Carolina barbecue values pork, with Eastern and Western North Carolina favoring differing cuts; Alabama is known for its barbecue chicken; and Texas barbecue is heavy on beef. Chinese cuisine is heavy on pork […]

Every time a new cartridge is introduced, wildcatters immediately begin to tinker with it, necking it up or down to fit smaller or larger caliber bullets. The .308 Winchester was no exception. And while many of those wildcat cartridges never gain widespread acceptance, every now and then you find one that hits it big. Perhaps […]

Many Americans are undoubtedly glad to live in the United States. We’re the land of the free, with a vibrant legal system in which those accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty, where privacy is jealously guarded, and where the people retain the ability to overthrow the government if it becomes tyrannical. None of […]

More and more research is discovering new health benefits of many common foods. Nuts are among those, with recent reports that nuts can help reduce blood pressure and lessen the risk of heart attack. But can nuts also help you lose weight? At first glance that might seem to be a little, well, nuts. After […]

In the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of northern Syria, Turkish troops have entered the country to do battle against Kurdish militias. This new development now means that US-funded Syrian rebel groups are fighting alongside Turkish forces against US-funded Kurdish troops who are about to ally themselves with Syrian government […]

If you own guns, you probably understand that you need to store them safely. Whether it’s to keep them out of the hands of thieves, prevent little hands from harming themselves by getting to your guns, or just getting them out of the way, proper gun storage is vitally important. But not everyone can afford […]

Anyone who has followed the debate over climate change closely knows that climate alarmism isn’t a new phenomenon. Whether it’s global warming or global cooling, the past century has seen a number of Chicken Littles claiming that the world is getting too hot, or that the next Ice Age will soon be upon us. In […]

President Trump has come under fire recently for his decision to pull US troops out of northern Syria. The decision has left Kurds in the area vulnerable to attack from Turkish forces. Politicians from across the aisle have come out swinging against Trump, berating him for leaving our Kurdish “allies” vulnerable. But Trump’s decision was […]

One of the hallmarks of the mid-2000s housing bubble was the widespread popularity of house flipping. From TV shows such as Flip This House to seminars devoted to teaching people how to flip houses, house flipping entered the mainstream. With cheap credit available through the banking system and real estate prices rising continuously, the idea […]

The 1960s were a turbulent time for both gold and silver. With an increasing amount of money printing by the US Federal Reserve, market prices for both gold and silver began to increase substantially. While governments were able to maintain gold’s official price somewhat during the ‘60s, silver was another story altogether. Successive governments had […]