The Civil War’s first casualties from hostile fire came not on soil in a Confederate State, but in Baltimore, Maryland on this date, April 19, back in 1861. Maryland was a border State divided between loyalty to the Union and the Southern cause. President Abraham Lincoln had received just 2 percent of Baltimore’s vote for…

If you participate at all in what many now refer to as the “culture war,” you will inevitably run into leftist activists demanding that you define what “woke” means. The assertion is that conservatives and liberty advocates must have made up the term and we don’t know what it means. Of course, it was leftists…

A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a recent AP poll. And only 6 percent are extremely or very confident that the federal government will spend those taxes in their best interests. Greenspan was right that you can…

A new study published in the journal Neurology found people who took drugs called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for more than 4.4 years had a 33 percent higher risk of dementia. Some common names they are marketed under are Prilosec®, Prevacid®, and Nexium®. They, along with other proton pump inhibitors, as well as all “antacids” create…

Young Americans appear less likely to vote in 2024 than they did in 2020, which was a record-setting year for youth turnout, and have an increased distrust in every political institution except the military, according to a biannual Harvard Institute of Politics poll. In fact if the election were held between Biden, Trump, Kennedy, Manchin,…

During the 1665 plague outbreak in London, doctors told children to smoke cigarettes — which were thought to be disinfectants — to ward off the plague. You would think doctors would be giving more sound advice these days… but as the old song said, it ain’t necessarily so. In fact, doctor visits — or “physicals”…

There are now more Americans who say they have serious cognitive problems — with remembering, concentrating or making decisions — than at any time in the last 15 years, data from the Census Bureau shows. The NY Times reported that “the increase started with the pandemic … About as many adults ages 18 to 64 now…

I have said it many times in the past, but I think it bears repeating once again: If you want to understand why world events happen the way they do, you must understand the goals and influence of globalist institutions. You must accept the fact that these people create most of the national and international…

Our times are most interesting. On one hand there appears to be unsurpassed wealth and prosperity. This is not necessarily a total myth, depending on how one is positioned for the future. On the other hand, the streets are indeed perilous, with politicians and criminals run amuck. The dual nature of society points to catastrophe…

President Obama’s plan was to expand Medicaid by raising the current threshold to include individuals and families with slightly higher income levels than were previously accepted. But even though Obamacare was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court, the Medicaid expansion part of the puzzle did not receive an all clear. Originally Obamacare tried to…