Category: America Now

The fall of the Iron Curtain brought significant amounts of Eastern Bloc firearms, ammunition, and other surplus equipment to the Western world. Much of it was seen for the first ever in the West, while some of it had once been familiar to the West before being hidden for decades. Among the latter was the […]

The visceral reaction of the deep state to President Trump’s election in 2016 has colored political discourse for the past three years. And the quality of that discourse is, sad to say, abysmal. It’s certainly possible to take Trump to task for his failures on policy issues, particularly his launching of the trade war with […]

If you love onions, garlic, and other members of the allium family, you may not love some of their side effects, such as their smell. From garlic breath to onion-scented sweat, it’s not unusual to smell the remnants of garlic- and onion-heavy meals for hours or days to come. But if you needed a reason […]

Fall is here, and with it come colder temperatures and less sunlight. The long summer nights are now gone, and nightfall comes earlier and earlier every day. For gardeners this time of year is bittersweet, as we’re reaping the rewards of our summer labor, but we know that harvest time will soon come to an […]

Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ administration has made the news for his press office’s attempts to get two small newspapers to “unpublish” stories that the administration objected to. The articles in question dealt with a new state office in Colorado and the future of labor. Polis’ office objected to the articles because the organization that wrote […]

President Trump’s detractors are quick to seize on anything they can to disparage him, twisting ordinary acts that any President might undertake into evidence of his diabolic nature. The latest Ukrainegate non-issue is yet another example of that. Trump’s opponents were quick to point out that the “transcript” President Trump published of his call with […]

The millennial generation is far worse off than previous generations at their age. Not only are millennials more heavily in debt than previous generations, their wages aren’t any higher. That means that they’re finding it difficult to accumulate wealth. Yet despite all that they remain positive, with many millennials believing that they’ll beat the odds […]

By now most people in the US realize that stock markets are setting up for a crash. Economic growth is slowing and recession is on the horizon. But what most people don’t realize is that the US may not be the epicenter of the next financial crisis. Like many things in the world today, the […]

Most circulating silver coinage throughout history was minted to relatively high standards, whether .800, .835, .900, or .925. Even when silver coins were debased they still were minted to a .625 fineness or, in Canada, eventually to .500. But there’s one type of silver coin that has even less silver than that: the war nickel. […]

While the 8x57mm Mauser may not have been a Mauser development, the Mauser factory took the case that resulted and developed an entire line of incredibly popular military and sporting cartridges from it. Some fell into obscurity, such as 8x51mm Mauser and 6.5x54mm Mauser. Others became popular for a time but were eventually eclipsed, such […]