Category: America Now

With Alzheimer’s disease becoming more and more prevalent in society, more and more research is going into discovering why it occurs, how it develops, and what can prevent it. Unfortunately we’re still a long ways away from figuring out everything there is to know about why Alzheimer’s occurs, which obviously makes it difficult to figure […]

The political establishment in Virginia was rocked late last week by the publication of old photos allegedly showing Governor Ralph Northam in blackface. Given the current sensitivity over the subject of blackface there were immediate calls for Northam, a Democrat, to resign. But from there the story just continued to get weirder and weirder. That […]

Hopefully you’re one of those people who understand that in the event of a natural disaster or SHTF scenario you’re going to be responsible for your own food, housing, and safety. If you’ve taken the steps to stockpile food, water, and other vital necessities you may think that you’ve done everything you need to. But […]

Did you know that the Chinese government runs a space observation station in rural Argentina? Probably not, not many people do. It supposedly was instrumental in helping the Chinese land a probe on the dark side of the moon. But its very existence, and the fact that the Argentine government has virtually no oversight over […]

The detention of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada at the behest of US authorities led to a great deal of anger on the part of Chinese authorities. The immediate retaliation to Meng’s arrest was the detention by Chinese authorities of Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who was on a leave of absence from the Canadian […]

In an act of amazing cowardice, the Federal Reserve System is allowing itself to be cowed by markets. Fearful of being blamed for the coming stock market crash and economic slowdown, the Fed has announced that it is no longer committed to reducing its balance sheet to more normal levels. A normal balance sheet would […]

Gold has served as a safe haven asset for centuries. Investors continue to flock to it in times of economic uncertainty such as today. And it’s no surprise that the most popular coins for investors are those produced by some of the world’s largest gold producers, such as the United States, South Africa, and Canada. […]

Recent news reports are full of mentions of tax plans such as that offered by freshman Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who supports marginal tax rates of 70% on ultra-high income earners. According to Ocasio-Cortez, an economy that allows billionaires to coexist with those just scraping by to make ends meet is “immoral.” But what Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth […]

While pump action shotguns are the classic action associated with American shotguns, semiautomatic shotguns have their place too. The very first semiautomatic shotgun was the John M. Browning-designed Browning Automatic 5. Known as the Sweet Sixteen when chambered in 16 gauge, the Browning Auto-5 was produced by a number of manufacturers, including Savage, Fabrique Nationale, […]

Two decades after the election of Hugo Chavez ushered in an era of socialism to Venezuela, things are finally coming to a head. After two years of horrendous hyperinflation that have seen everything from medicine to toilet paper to basic foodstuffs in short supply, the regime of Chavez’ successor, Nicolas Maduro, may finally be coming […]