Being nearly 71 years of age, I was raised and learned life’s lessons from old farts who survived the Great Depression of the 1930s.  One of the things I learned is that prior to the crash of 1929, Americans were buying stocks on the margin, meaning they would borrow against the equity in their house by putting up 10% cash […]

Before you pass judgment on the government’s performance dealing with COVID-19, answer this question: How’s your “go bag”? In the wake of the September 11 attacks, people were advised to create a survival backpack for their worksites. In case of emergency, you’d have access to a change of clothes, medications, cash, food, water and other items to help you shelter […]

Tennessee is in the midst of an awakening as citizens across the state are increasing their interests in firearms, ammunition and the ability to carry firearms. News reports are commonly seen about gun stores being out of or having low inventory of firearms and ammunition. The volume of gun sales by federally licensed dealers are putting a strain on the […]

The sad part of this is the officer is trying to do his job and is nice about all this… he has been given directives even if incorrect and comes back and apologizes when his supervisors correct themselves. He then reversed course but told the activists there couldn’t be more than 10 people on the sidewalk. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, […]

Coronavirus aid checks: Who is eligible, when to expect it, and more Many Americans will soon get government checks to help them financially weather job loss, reduced work hours, and other money challenges as the country tries to stem the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The $2 trillion stimulus package passed the Senate and House of Representatives already and just needs President […]

Written by  Steve Byas Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), shown, ultimately failed to block passage of the staggering $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package by requesting a roll call vote, drawing bipartisan condemnations from the leadership of both political parties and from President Donald Trump, who even suggested Massie should be kicked out of the Republican Party. House leadership — from both parties […]

Written by  R. Cort Kirkwood Spreading the Chinese Virus doesn’t seem to worry the illegal aliens who keep pouring across the southwest frontier with Mexico. In the last week, border agents stopped five smuggling attempts, including a tractor-trailer loaded with four dozen illegal-alien miscreants. They also intercepted two sex perverts. The problem with the continuing flow is no longer just the […]

Below is our list of twelve medical experts whose opinions on the Coronavirus outbreak contradict the official narratives of the MSM, and the memes so prevalent on social media. Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist in microbiology. He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of […]

Written by  Richard M Fleming, Ph.D., MD Let’s be clear; people aren’t afraid of getting the coronavirus, but of dying from it. They are scared of the absence of a known treatment that works for COVID-19 pneumonia. We don’t know what works to treat the disease because we have no treatment information. Everyone is scrambling to find solutions — including […]

In a letter to President Trump, Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai (shown) offers a plan for protecting those vulnerable to COVID-19 while allowing the healthy to return to work.   States and cities are shutting down businesses, closing schools, prohibiting crowds, imposing curfews—all to contain the spread of coronavirus. The draconian measures are a major subversion of Americans’ constitutional liberties, yet proponents […]

Holidays Christian feast day: Stephen Harding Guntram Priscus Pope Sixtus III March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony) Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet) Teachers’ Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) History In 37,  Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. In 193,  Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian […]

Seventy-three years ago today, Franklin D. Roosevelt had an appointment with his cardiologist. It did not go well. Dr. Howard G. Bruenn gave the wartime president, then entering his 11th year in office, a blunt diagnosis: hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, cardiac failure, and acute bronchitis. The president’s condition, as Bruenn later explained to Jan Kenneth Herman, editor of Navy Medicine, […]

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him.  Luke 24:31 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), an Italian artist, was known for his fiery temperament and unconventional technique. He used ordinary working people as models for his saints and was able to make viewers of his paintings feel they were a part of the scene. The Supper at Emmaus shows an […]