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Many restaurants remain closed or must serve only on ourdoor patios. Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

Americans Cut Back on Travel and Restaurants

As inflation takes a bite out of paychecks, Americans are spending less on services that aren't essentials, such as dining out and getting haircuts.
A kayaker in rough water

Are you Ready for 2023? Getting Mentally Prepared

Buying gear is easy. Preparing mentally for the end of the world is another story. You need to have mental toughness, perseverance, and resiliency.
plastic bottle filled with amber honey

Our Early Honey Harvest is in the Bottle

Its early in the second year of raising bees and the hives have already produced more honey than they did last year.
an artists rendering of buildings after being hit by a nuclear blast wave

The Deteriorating Nuclear Order

Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Paris and London have given no indication they want to enter new talks aimed at stabilizing the global nuclear order.
bad news

Keep Prepping in the Face of Bad News

Do not to let the news distract you or get you down. Concentrate on keeping your family safe, housed, clothed, shod, and fed. In other words, prep.
a tanker truck

Trucking During Inflation and High Diesel Prices

If the high cost of diesel is keeping trucks off the road, I could not tell on a recent road trip. Truck traffic remains high.
the mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay .

Israel and Iran: Five minutes to Armageddon?

why Israel may attack Iran in the very near future, resulting in a large-scale war between the two countries.
A field of wheat being harvested

Record Diesel Prices are Crushing Farmers

The crushing reality of record diesel fuel prices is pushing farmers to the brink and may affect food availability.
Coins spill from a jar. Photo by Michael Longmire on Unsplash

Bring on the Recession, Jerome

When faced with a choice of inflation or a recession, I'll take a recession any day, and so should you.
Students in a classroom with advanced equations on the board.

Peak Fairness is Going to be our Downfall

Peak oil didn't destroy us, but "peak fairness" may as socialists and apologists try to make everything "fair."