Best Survival Movies
Hello everyone! Robert Raskin of Las Vegas here again, and today I thought I’d write about something fun—survival movies. There are so many classic survival movies that it’s hard to know where to begin. From War of the Worlds to zombies, survival is a topic Hollywood...
Could You Survive a Bear Attack?
Many people who go off-grid love the idea of not having any neighbors, but one thing they learn quickly is they do still have neighbors—they just aren’t of the human variety. Co-existing with wildlife is simply a part of living off the grid. While everything in nature...
How to Disappear in the US
Have you ever fantasized about dropping out of your current life and starting all over again with a new identity in a new location? Hundreds of thousands of people go missing in the US each year, and of these a small number are people who have vanished deliberately....
Should You Buy Gold to Avoid the Banks?
An article in the Atlantic made the claim, “. . . when an economy goes full-on Mad Max and we're all reduced to bartering, the survivors are going to be more interested in useful goods than in a soft metal useful mostly for ornamental purposes,” but how can we know...
So You’re Planning to Leave the Country
It’s almost election time again, and we all know what that means: Many of us will once again vow to leave the country if the results don’t go the way we’d hoped. As elections continue to become more polarized and party differences grow more extreme, more Americans are...
Study Shows Children Taught Safety By Parents Less Likely to Play with Guns
According to the New York Times, toddlers shot an average of one victim per week in 2015. At least 265 children under the age of 18—and many much younger than that—picked up a gun and shot another child in the United States last year, and many of these pointless...
Second Amendment Rights for Veterans at Stake Due to Arbitrary Mental Health Rulings
In the wake of school and public shootings, many people are demanding legislature geared toward real problem solving about the issue of gun control. The methods by which our country moves to heed this cry is up for debate, but there’s something to be said about how...
Preparedness Only Solution for Crumbling Infrastructure
Due to decades of neglect, our roads, bridges, power grid, and other elements of our infrastructure are crumbling. Regardless of political leaning, legions of politicians, business leaders, and even academics are all in agreement that such structures are nearly...
Preparing for Civil Unrest: What You Can Do Now
There is nothing to joke about when it comes to the topic of protecting our families and freedom. These are very uneasy times, with global threats of terrorism and a variety of disturbances right here in our domestic backyard. Middle-class families are still in the...