Category: America Now

The era of antibiotics has been one of the greatest in human history, in which people who otherwise would have perished from easily treatable infections are able to treat them with antibiotics and go on to live productive, healthy lives. But like too much of a good thing, overuse and misuse of antibiotics has gone […]

In the minds of too many people in government, especially on the left, the solution to any problem is to spend more money on it. Health care not good enough? Spend more money. Roads too congested? Spend more money. Students underperforming in school? Spend more money. What they often fail to appreciate is that more […]

The threat of a damaging electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is one that has long been understood in prepping and survivalist circles but that has been often ignored in mainstream circles. To those who think the world will continue functioning just as it always has, the fact that disasters can occur doesn’t even enter their heads. But […]

By now most people have heard of the so-called Green New Deal. And most economically literate people have taken a look at the plan and realized that the measures it calls for are nonsensical and economically destructive. But that won’t stop leftists around the country from trying to implement it. Already New York City has […]

Reports that a squad of Mexican military troops recently disarmed two US soldiers near the US border bring up renewed questions of how seriously the US government is taking border security. The two soldiers were accosted by Mexican troops who allegedly believed that the US soldiers were in Mexico, even though they were clearly north […]

The development of social media over the past couple of decades has been nothing short of amazing. From Friendster to MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Snapchat to whatever is the hip new social media platform these days, the world of social media has exploded since the first networks opened up a little less than […]

Some coin designs, such as the Barber series of silver coins, are so hated by the general public that the US Mint can’t wait to get rid of them. And others are so beautiful and iconic that it takes real effort to find something that can replace it. The latter is the case for one […]

While everyone knows that the CIA is involved in a lot of shady business, no one expects the agency or its operatives to be upfront about what it actually does. Perhaps that’s why the comments made by former CIA Director and current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are gaining so much attention among alternative media […]

From its origins as a cartridge developed for the US military’s small caliber high velocity trials, 5.56x45mm NATO/.223 Remington has become the most popular rifle cartridge in the United States today. In fact, it’s nearly the most popular cartridge overall, only just barely losing out to 9mm Luger. Originally developed in the late 1950s, the […]

In a blow to Amazon’s plan to deliver goods by drone, Google’s parent company Alphabet has become the first company to gain full FAA approval for drone deliveries. While dozens of companies have received preliminary waivers to test drone deliveries, Alphabet’s Wing subsidiary has become the first company to gain full FAA approval as an […]