This article was originally published by Micahel Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. We live at a time when the pace of change is so rapid that it can be overwhelming at times.  More change occurs in a single month than happened during most entire years when I was growing up.  When I pull up the news each day, there is always a fresh serving of chaos awaiting me. Unfortunately, chaos is not good for the economy.  The U.S. dollar is in the process of dying, debt levels are exploding all around us, more mass layoffs have been announced within…

Highlights from the Case-Shiller/S&P (which is Cotality?) Housing report just out.YEAR-OVER-YEARThe S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. censusdivisions, reported a 1.4% annual gain for November. The 10-City Composite showed an annualincrease of 2.0%, up from a 1.9% increase in the previous month. The…

This article was originally published by Joseph Solis-Mullen at The Mises Institute under the title: On the Failure of Constitutionalism Through the Ages: Norms, Emergencies, and the Administrative State Classical liberals, as well as some libertarians, have long placed great faith in constitutions as instruments capable of restraining political power. Particularly…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California mother was arrested on felony child abuse charges after a viral video showed her 19-month-old child falling from a moving SUV at a busy Fullerton intersection, police said Monday.The Fullerton Police Department said it became aware of the video, which…

8.1K Let’s dig into the details of pet survival and what it would take to make sure you’re prepared to care for your pets during a crisis. What would you do if the lights went out–for good? You’ve prepped for yourself and your family, but what about your pets? Have…

12K I am seeing IBC totes sitting around homesteads and homes more and more. People are discovering the many uses these totes have. I’ve used two of them on my property for years, and I can attest to the fact that they are an incredibly useful piece of equipment to…

PROVIDENCE, RI — On January 20, 2026, Democratic Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the reintroduction of the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act, a bill aimed at significantly limiting Americans’ ability to purchase ammunition online. The proposed legislation, H.R.7166, would impose three primary restrictions on lawful ammunition…

7K A few years ago, an expat friend of mine asked if I could transport some cash to her passport country, to which I was traveling. I agreed, not thinking much of it. Since we were both incredibly underpaid English teachers at that time, I expected that she would be…

There is a rule in gunfighting, you better have a dang gun. There is a class of gun that is specifically targeted at making it as easy as possible to satisfy this rule. Usually these are small, difficult to shoot guns, that don’t carry many bullets. Things like ultra lightweight…