Preserve Your Sanity by Preserving Food
Canning is a hedge against uncertainty, an education in self-reliance, and a pocket of calm amid tumult.
Self-Reliance
To Help Kids Find Their Passion, Give Them Free Time
Kids need more space to explore weird pastimes and obsessions.
The Politics of Guns Are Changing. Politicians Need To Catch Up.
Millions of new firearm owners who have lost faith in cops and government will be a tough audience for shopworn gun control schemes.
In Little Women, Jo March Listens to Markets, Not Just Moralists
In Greta Gerwig's new adaptation, Amy finally gets some credit but Jo's hustle gets short shrift.
Resolutions To See You Through a New (Election) Year
Too many of your friends and neighbors are tribal idiots, but they're not the worst tribal idiots in recent memory, by any means.
James Altucher Found Himself by Losing Everything (and You Can Too!)
Q&A with this riches-to-rags evangelist for personal reinvention.
Not Off the Grid, But We Can See the Edge From Here
One family stumbles toward quasi-self-reliance.
In Defense of Self-Defense
The modern-day massacres are proof beyond a doubt that the government cannot protect us.
Gun Rights, Civil Rights
The heirs of the Black Panthers and the fight for black open carry
What Does It Take to Turn Off the 21st Century? A Saw.
Keep your electronics close, and your backup plan closer.
Self-Control is the Key to Success: John Tierney and Roy Baumeister on Willpower
How to make good on your New Year's resolutions.
Holder Slammed Over Criticism of "Stand Your Ground" Laws
The AG sees an opening to attack the concept of self-defense
Louisiana State Senator Switches to GOP, Criticizes 'The Government Plantation'
Not a fan of the culture of dependence
After NYPD Gives Up, Woman Finds Father's Killer With a Web Search
Technology empowers the individual
West, Texas Residents Not Looking for Government Help After Plant Explosion
Private aid pouring in
Man Shoots Bear in Self-Defense, Faces Charges
Won't you think of the poor, bloodthirsty predators?
Police Advice: Call 911 and Hide
And maybe the bad guys will leave you alone until the cops show up
The Right to Self Defense Isn't Negotiable
The tyranny of the majority can be as destructive to freedom as the tyranny of a madman.
TX Homeowner Foils Robbery, Holds Burglars at Gunpoint
Heavens to Betsy! He might have hurt somebody!
Gun Control Schemes Fuel Rise in Anti-Government Sentiment
Officials push and regular people push back
Mexican Villagers Take Up Arms To Challenge Criminal Gangs, Ineffective Police
Taking on a job the authorities can't handle
Entrepreneurial Scots Culture Eroded by State Dependency
Massive change in attitude took just decades
