Category: America Now

After years of digging for anything they could find to pin to President Trump, Democrats have finally settled on Ukrainegate as the vehicle to start moving to impeach the President. House Speaker Pelosi has announced that House Democrats will begin an impeachment inquiry into the President’s actions. What will come of it is anyone’s guess. […]

Most Americans probably realize that our healthcare system is broken. With health insurance largely paid for by employers so that patients rarely see the cost of their healthcare, or with the government paying through Medicare or Medicaid, costs continue to climb while quality of service continues to spiral downward. Thus it shouldn’t be any surprise […]

Recent news that Apple will be building its newest desktop computer in Texas rather than in China probably has President Trump excited about bringing manufacturing back to the US. Apple’s production of those computers in the US was only made possible by the 25% tariff that was placed on imports from China. That tariff has […]

Another day, another reason to hate President Trump. At least that’s the way the deep state sees it. This time it’s over allegations that President Trump tried to engage Ukraine’s President in a quid pro quo. Trump allegedly threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless the country investigated Joe Biden for supposed corruption. To […]

Hurricanes are in the news today, with several hurricanes and tropical storms in existence all at the same time. While many of them won’t impact the United States, the hurricane season doesn’t end until later this fall so there’s plenty of time for more hurricanes to make landfall in the US. And even if those […]

If you thought that Americans today are worse off financially than previous generations, you’re not off the mark. The feeling that the cost of living is increasing while the ability to buy things we previously took for granted is decreasing has been demonstrated by survey data that shows that Americans today are not doing as […]

In response to the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco’s oil production, which both the United States and Saudi Arabia blamed on Iran, President Trump decided to impose even further sanctions on Iran, which he characterized as the highest sanctions ever imposed upon a country. The new sanctions target Iran’s central bank and sovereign wealth fund, […]

In this new era of wokeness, one of the quickest ways to score political points is to dredge up old information about your political opponents that can be seen in light of modern thinking as racist, sexist, or insensitive. And with “cultural appropriation” being one of the hot new buzzwords, anything that shows a (white) […]

Austria-Hungary was one of the last countries in Europe to adopt the gold standard, officially adopting the gold standard in 1892. Its Maria Theresa silver thaler was one of the most important trade coins of its era and remained an important trade coin into the 20th century. As Austria-Hungary’s neighbors began to adopt the gold […]

One of the things that endears President Trump to so many people, even to those who aren’t his biggest fans, is the fact that he never backs down. Sure, he may jump around from position to position on certain things, particularly when he doesn’t feel they’re important. But when it comes to big issues, once […]