Category: America Now

Over the past 10+ years of unprecedented central bank liquidity creation, traditional thinking about monetary policy, financial markets, and government intervention in those markets has been turned on its head. Thanks to trillions of dollars of liquidity injected into economies around the world, asset prices remain extraordinarily elevated and interest rates remain unprecedentedly low. That […]

When judging the likelihood of a recession, it isn’t just data about manufacturing, housing, and consumer good production that goes into most predictions. Data about ancillary industries such as transportation and shipping also help to play a role in determining whether an economic slowdown is about to occur. With so many goods in the United […]

Quick, take a guess as to which department of the federal government is spending $100 million a month, the first department to do so. If you answered the Department of Defense, you’re dead wrong. It’s the Department of Health and Human Services, which is on track to spend $1.23 trillion this fiscal year, or more […]

The past 130 years have seen a veritable revolution in small arms design and ammunition. Yet despite all the changes that have occurred since then, sometimes it makes sense to revisit old classics. The introduction of the smokeless powder 8x50mmR Lebel cartridge by France in 1886 revolutionized small arms development and set off an international […]

From massive rainstorms to scorching heat waves, there’s hardly a weather event today that isn’t trumpeted by the media as yet another example of the dangers of man-made climate change. But more and more research is beginning to indicate that, far from being the scourge that many on the left claim it is, man-made climate […]

With heart disease and the complications associated with it affecting more and more Americans every year, doctors continue to search for ways to minimize the risk of developing heart disease. From dietary changes to new fitness routines, there are myriad methods that have been tried in the fight to combat heart disease. Among the foods […]

In the aftermath of storms or natural disasters, you’ll need a variety of tools and equipment to help clean up and get back to normal. Here are 20 of the top items you’re going to need to keep on hand to make sure that you’re properly supplied. Clothing 1. Gloves With broken glass, fallen trees, […]

If Russiagate began to slowly peel back the facade of FBI professionalism and expose the seediness that propagates throughout the agency, this next bit of news will absolutely floor you. For years the FBI has been requesting millions of driver’s license photos from state motor vehicle department databases in order to compile a massive facial […]

The Trump administration recently approved a $2.2 billion arms deal with Taiwan that has angered the Communist politicians on mainland China. The deal, which will provide 100 M1A2T Abrams tanks to Taiwan as well as 250 Stinger surface-to-air missiles, is just the latest in a series of US arms sales to the Republic of China […]