The government keeps telling people the economy is strong because the stock market keeps making new highs. That is the great deception behind every bubble throughout history. Wall Street is not Main Street. You can have record highs in financial assets while society underneath is quietly rotting in real time. The New York Federal Reserve now reports…
Water is essential to all life. The human body can go three weeks without food but only three days without water before completely shutting down. Yet most of us find it much easier to store a year’s worth of food than a month’s worth of water. I live in the suburbs and while I have…
Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal government spies on innocent Americans without suspicion and…
Jeffery Taubenberger, acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — the agency formerly led by Dr. Anthony Fauci — is reportedly out, amid a broader shakeup at the NIH. Sen. Tammy Baldwin revealed Taubenberger’s apparent departure Thursday during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, STAT reported. Jeffery Taubenberger, acting director…
The Fork in the Road on Food Inflation We are standing at a fork in the road, and the signposts are written in dollars and cents — or rather, in dollars that buy less and less. In 2026, food inflation has reached levels not seen in decades, and we are now witnessing a silent, creeping…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed The IMA/#SolutionsWatch panel is back for another all-star debate/discussion/free-for-all. This time, we tackle the question of AI: can it be used as a tool or should it be shunned altogether? Where and how do you draw the line in the sand? And what’s the AI hubbub all about, anyway? Find out…
Under the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, Bitcoin must be held for a minimum of 20 years unless used to slash national debt. US lawmakers have renewed efforts to codify a US strategic Bitcoin reserve with a new bipartisan bill on Thursday that seeks to acquire around 1 million Bitcoin over five years. The…
There is an alarming but little-known provision in Congress’ 2026 Farm Bill that is likely to find its way into law within the next few weeks. It attempts to remove the right of Americans to maintain local control over our food and farms. It could also nullify over 1,000 state laws that are already on…
The Trump administration’s PFAS plan includes $1 billion for underserved communities but risks regulatory delays and weakened safeguards. Critics warn the effort to rescind Biden-era drinking water limits could prolong millions of Americans’ exposure to toxic forever chemicals. Health Secretary Kennedy frames PFAS as a driver of chronic disease, yet environmental groups call the approach…
Only way to Remain Human We have arrived at the definitive parting of the ways. Two roads diverging at right angles: one signposted Real Life and the other Fake Life. No half way house. That’s important, because at present many are trying to walk a non-committed, neither one nor the other pathway that involves tricking…
