Opinion

by Selco Begovic co-Author of: SHTF Survival Bootcamp One of the most common questions I hear is where we are all heading? In

by Daisy Luther There's a saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But I think that there

by Joanna Miller As soon as it became apparent last summer that Covid was not going to kill everyone within the year, I

by Terry Trahan Well, hello there. I don't know if you've noticed, but we live in a vastly different world than the last

by Joanna Miller I have never worked in the medical field. But, I have had many friends and family work in the medical field

by Daisy Luther A year ago, nobody really imagined we'd spend most of 2020 in our homes, watching as one family after another

by Daisy Luther 2020 has been a rough year for everyone and the holiday season promises to be different from any in our

by Daisy Luther For several years, I ran a very popular emergency preparedness group on Facebook called Prep Club. A couple

by Daisy Luther In this world, there are two kinds of people. You can be a consumer or you can be a producer. Neither

by Daisy Luther We're living in a nation divided. You need only look at social media or the comments section of nearly any

by Daisy Luther In the world of preparedness and survival, there's a lot of crossover with things like liberty, patriotism,

by Linnea Johnson Do you look on with astonishment at Antifa and other extreme groups rioting and shouting "death to America?"

by Daisy Luther The UK Guardian published an editorial written entirely by an AI language generator called GPT-3. The assignment?

by J. G. Martinez My intentions with my articles are never to mock anyone. This article is no exception. On the contrary,

by Daisy Luther As an American, most of us strongly support the concept of peaceful protests. However, when things turn

by Daisy Luther In Northern regions of an unstable country, a battle broke out yesterday in the streets of a small city.

by Daisy Luther The pandemic and the government's response to it has changed the lives of many people. The "new normal"

by Patrice Lewis I have a little fantasy which I’ll tell you about it in a moment. First, let me digress to an article

by Daisy Luther This has been a year like no other, and as Independence Day rolls around, I find myself looking at the whole

by Selco Begovic Balkanization is a term many times used in describing situations happening very far from the Balkans. People

by Daisy Luther Currently, we're living in an upside-down and backward world where the minority of people hold all the microphones,

by Daisy Luther By now, you've probably heard of cancel culture. If you haven't, here's a definition and an example from

by Daisy Luther Remember how after September 11th happened, there was that nasty bill that formed the TSA and authorized

by Daisy Luther 2020 has been a disturbing year all the way around, what with a pandemic, fear of contagions, mandatory

by Daisy Luther (May 2020) I've written before about the importance of adaptability in the preparedness world. It's one

by Daisy Luther The COVID-19 crisis has affected just about every family in the United States in some way or another. All

by Selco Begovic Where are we now? We are living in a world where fear controls us, or is trying to control us. If we

by Daisy Luther A Harvard University law professor believes that homeschooling is dangerous and should be banned. Elizabeth

by Daisy Luther (April 8, 2020) When will we get back to normal? If you yearn for the days before COVID-19 swept across

by Daisy Luther We live in a very different world than we did back in January when the calendar turned to 2020 and everyone

by Terry Trahan If you’ve been watching the news in the last few days, you are sure to be aware of the Gun Rights Rally

by Daisy Luther The importance of logic and accurate information in stressful times cannot be overstated. With the gun

by Daisy Luther In a world where idiotic Tweets are de rigueur, one this week has stood out as the most ignorant and hateful

By Sandra D. Lane It’s the second week in November, and for many, the holidays are upon us. Shopping has already begun

By Daisy Luther A term coined in 1985 by an unnamed staffer of the Reagan administration was "Starve the Beast".  This

By Daisy Luther It's probably no surprise that the young people of today aren't particularly independent.  Not only does

by Daisy Luther How dark are you willing to go in your preparedness efforts? If you're like a lot of people, there's

by Daisy Luther There's little I find more annoying than a bunch of rich people lecturing the peons about how something

by Daisy Luther Recent discussions about an executive order that would "help protect" conservatives from bias on social

by Daisy Luther A new thriller by Universal Studios called "The Hunt" has been met with fury in the wake of two politically

by Daisy Luther Three mass shootings occurred in the last week in America and it's starting to feel to many people like

by Daisy Luther You've probably heard about the school board in Pennsylvania who sent a letter to parents with overdue lunch

Some time between throwing some burgers on the grill and shooting off fireworks with a beer in one hand and a lighter in

by Daisy Luther "Millenials" have been the butt of a million jokes about incompetence. The generation born between 1981

by Daisy Luther I like to travel to foreign lands and go to concerts. There are certain films I want to see at the theater

by Daisy Luther Have you noticed the instant judgment world we're living in? Are you perhaps a part of it? We are a nation

By Daisy Luther Sometimes, warning labels concern me. I mean, who inspired the label on blow dryers that points out the

by Daisy Luther UPDATE: (Feb. 4, 2021) I wrote this article about the culture of convenience in 2019. The contents of the